Fall Break

I cannot believe Autumn is here. Furthermore, I cannot believe the semester is halfway over! It has flown by.
God has been teaching me a few things recently; primarily the importance of leading your heart with your head. People often say that, "the distance between my heart and my head feels like 1,000 miles." I can relate. Often times I know certains truths in my head, but my knowledge does not impact my life and I am not affected by it. In fact, more often than not my heart "feels" a completely opposite way than my head "knows". It's so hard to convince yourself of something you know is true but don't feel. But God has been showing me how important that is, because in my sinful nature I will not always (or often) feel the way I should about certain situations, but I must still buck up and do what I know is right. "You must lead your heart."-Fireproof

I also had a really great devotion the other night. During stressful and busy seasons in my life, I tend to procrastinate and push away my time with God. In reality, He is more important than any chore I have to do! I find that when I take the "risk" of spending just a few moments with God, He blesses me so much and it is so much more worth it to spend time with Him than to try to skip out and accomplish more tasks, yet feel miserable from the lack of divine communication. Interestingly, when I am spiritually destitute, any little reading of the Word or praying encourages me to the max. The more I read and the more consistant I am, however, the more I have to work for that encouragement. For example, (because I can already see some of you furrowing your eyebrows,) If I haven't read in a week and I pick up my Bible and have a great heartfelt devo, I learn so much and come away so encouraged, even from just a few minutes. If, however, I have been consistant in my devo's and I pick up my Bible for that long, I think He almost moves me to pursue him more because I have to pray harder and longer and read more to get the same encouragement. I think it's His way of keeping me from being complacent and settling in a devo rutuine. The more I know Him, the harder I have to work to know Him more!

So yeah. That's what's up