Fellowship With Wilderness

Really? Is this true?

I want to believe that I'm completely in control of my life. That sure there are things in my life I cannot control but I can control myself and I can control how hard I work and what outcomes that hard work produces. That's my thought process and it's really the one I live by. Hmm. I should rely completely on the Lord's sovereignty all the time and give him the control. Actually I like asking Him to take it from me. A new thing I've realized about myself cause I feel like that's all I've done in college.I should write a 8-10 page paper about that instead of the topic I'm supposed to be writing for tomorrow.

But in the meantime I can write on here about how much Addison bites me. Which is all. the. time. Seriously dog? You need to control yourself.

She doesn't hurt me but she really likes to bite my tricep and since my tricep is all muscle and maybe a little tiny small bit of fat (i'm a little tiny bit of a liar) then it hurts.
But I do love seeing her so excited to see me. I really like labradoodles. See here how cute they really are. http://www.gorgeousdoodles.info/breeding.html

is non-existent because the Lord is the one that changes people.And yet I think that I have something to offer the kingdom of God and this world. I mean I have goals. I want to be a truth-fighter. To fight for truth and fight for people to know that truth. And I also know that the Lord gives us the opportunity to help him and to assist in pursuing people.I have to really not think I'm self-sufficient in counseling people. Because I cannot change people. Since, ultimately, that' what I want to do with my life. I can actually say without a shadow of a doubt that's what I want to do. But enter in prayer.

Prayer. Intercession. My ability to ask the Lord for something on behalf of others. There it is. I can pray for people. And then in those times in my life now where I offer people advice or just listen to them, it really allows me to see a greater purpose for me knowing the Lord. More than just for me- it's also for others and I think that sometimes I feel closest to the Lord in those leadership roles where I can pour out.

There are so many reasons why I can be thankful at this point in my life that I'm exactly where I am right now. (Which is in my last semester of college looking towards my first semester of life...) I'm still in college; reaping the benefits and reminiscing over my past three and a half years here. But I'm still looking towards a different kind of life I've never had before.

1. Crowded buses on a rainy day ( do I have to tell you that's a reason why I'm glad I'm about to fly this coop?)

2. Funny bus stories: ( I love these!!)
I kid you not what I'm about to tell you happened on an East Campus Express yesterday...
             [scene] On crowded bus with the rain coming down
  Annoying girl at bus stop yelling this to the whole bus: "Excuse me, like I really need to get on this bus now. It is essential that I get on this bus cause I really have to get on this bus. Please everyone move so I can fit on."
(in my head i'm thinking is she serious?)
Big bad football player in the back of the bus yells: "It sounds like you already on it, don' it?"

Hysterical- I will miss those stories I can share with my roommates. See my past relationship with bus here: http://the1490house.blogspot.com/2009/10/dang-milledge-bus.html

3. The group fitness pass at Ramsey... yes it's expensive ($75 for one semester) but it's flexible and I'm really enjoying getting in better shape with the flexible class times they offer. [It seems like one of my jobs is being a walking ad for Ramsey... but it's not]

4. Having a flexible schedule- some days things get cancelled and then here I am with an extra two hours on my hands and it's great to have that time back.

5. Going to women's basketball games for free where I get free t-shirts and free pizza. Thank you Lady Dawgs

6. Enjoying the beautfil weather like we had in Athens on Wednesday cause when it's pretty I'm walking around in it all day. But then when it's bad it's bad... cause I'm walking around in that all day too.  ( so avoiding the bad weather maybe a good reason for working inside? nah I don't think so)