Ohhhh we're half way there.....livin' on a prayer!

School started for the fall semester. And its going to be the busiest semester ever! Not to mention full of bittersweetness! (I think I just made up that word) But It means that I'm that much closer to leaving Augusta and the wonderful friends I've made here! I am excited about level II's and that we are half way done with school! So I guess I'll just focus on that for now, not to mention the sweet intramurals coming up!! Another exciting thing is the fact that I have no idea where God wants me after that. Its like reading a novel (and for those of you out there laughing at that statement, I'll have you know I've finished another!). Guess I could end up back here. But who knows the Lord may want on the other side of the world (or state). Its kind of fun not having to worry about that though. Takes a little pressure off and really lets God show you where He wants you to be! My prayer is that the Lord just keep me focused on His will right now. I know he wants me to do well in school and I should probably put a little more into that:) That's why he has me here anyway. And enjoy the opportunities I have to build new relationships (esp with the first years) and deepen the ones I'm already blessed with.

Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

So...I just finished the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. It is amazing and a must read! I love how Chan puts in all right there in your face and challenges you to actually act. God desires us to all be in a passionate love relationship with himself. To live out love that some people would call crazy, but really for Christians should be the only thing that makes sense.
Here's one of my favorite quotes from the book (which Chan quotes from The Pursuit of God)

"O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, 'Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.' Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long."

No serving leftovers to a Holy God.