Okay, so I haven't been the greatest at blogging recently.  In my defense....nah!  Who am I kidding?  I have no defense!  I just finished my two finals today so I am DONE...for two weeks before I start back up again to go through the summer.  All I can say is that I will be enjoying the next two weeks.  What's on the agenda?  Well, a last minute trip to Canada...maybe...with my sister and nieces this coming week for a couple days, and then a major cleaning session focused mainly on my room.  This quarter has been crazy and my room is visual evidence of how crazy things have been.  Actually...I'm hoping to get a start on it tomorrow and finish this weekend before I possibly leave for Canada on Monday.  We shall see though.

Let's see...what else is new and interesting?  Hm...as the weather gets nicer, and it WILL get nicer, I'm looking forward to running more outside and going on some hikes with friends.  Just last week, I went to the Bowl and Pitcher with Logan and I couldn't believe how high the water was.  I wish I had taken my camera, but it was still a very nice time.  God continues to work through this relationship and I'm amazed at how things are playing out.  We'll see what God has in store...

As usual, I have a couple books going right now that I've been reading for awhile.  I've been going through "beautiful in God's eyes" with my mentor and that has been a great source of encouragement as well as conviction.  I am also reading a book called "woman to woman" which I'm about 100 pages from finishing.  Finally, I need to continue reading the book, "life as a vapor" which I think is by Piper.  After I'm done with one of these books, I'm thinking about trying to read the Chronicles of Narnia series.  I tried reading the Magician's nephew and I couldn't really get into it.  So, we'll see.  Another choice is re-reading one of my books by Francine Rivers...maybe "The Atonement Child" but I don't know yet. 

I'm currently listening to the song: Change the world by Eric Clapton on Youtube.com  Yes, I've slowly entered the weird and crazy world of youtube and I'm amazed at all the songs that I can listen to online.  It's great, yet kind of scary too!  Megan (my roommate) and I go back and forth picking songs to listening to on this silly site.  Hey, it's quality time and something we both share a passion for...music!  I can't imagine a world without music!  It fills my soul, encourages and convicts me.  God uses music to point me back to Himself along with His word.

As I sit here listening to music in the dark, I'm reminded of the darkness that Christ faced and experienced when the full wrath of God was placed on Him...for us.  It makes me realize just how stubborn and sinful I am and that my complaints are so ridiculous.  God is so good!  I am just a lowly sheep that continues to go back to the same patch of mud instead of allowing my Shepherd to lead me to green pastures and quiet waters.

O how I'm so thankful for His limitless grace and patience with me!!

Goodness time flies when your schedule is completely crazy!  It is has awhile since I've blogged anything and it seems like a lot has happened since April 17th. 

My life looks a little differently now that I am in a dating relationship.  It's is funny how quickly some thought patterns change and yet others are very slow to realize things are different now.  God has been so good, as always, to prepare me for whatever lies ahead and that's how I feel about this relationship.  No, I don't have it all together or really even know what I'm doing.  Yet I feel like God has prepared me for this relationship by teaching me patience and growing in me a strong conviction to be led by the guy and knowing that my role is to come along side and support him.  It has been awesome to see God's blessing through being patient and not seeking to initiate things in the relationship and giving Logan the chance to grow in his leadership.

I walk/jogged Bloomsday this year after a 15-20 year break.  It was harder than I thought it would be at times, but with friends by my side, we all finished well.  Yesterday though, I was SO sore...I couldn't move without something screaming at me to stop.  I also think that I was a little dehydrated or something because I was a little dizzy, but I ended up staying home to rest.  During my devotions, my physical pain reminded me of Christ and what He went through.  I was challenged by how small my pain was in comparison to Christ's pain on the cross and how I have nothing to complain about.