Jibber Jabber.

I have intended to update this many a time.
Guess I've got to work on following through.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, FRIDAY and I'm driving down to Irvine for my third year of college. This year is I've the opportunity to be an RA for 80 first year women. EXCITEMENT! Friday begins the training process, and about 3 weeks later, the residents will move in! A fantastic opportunity and ministry. So thankful. Please pray for that hall. =)

Leaving Fresno will have its share of heartaches. As I go down south, my boyfriend will head up north, and we will be re-acquainted with video chat and phone dates. But in Christ, relationships can thrive across California, encouragement can continue. If I realize the joy in both of our ministries, we might be tangibly distant, but not emotionally distant.

This week will fly by, as will this year. Only what is in Christ will last. I'm glad for that. =)

Old Testment. New Perspectives.

I have been enjoying the Old Testament like never before. Finally getting in there and reading it for myself. I think I've always been slightly intimidated by it, wondering if it would reveal a God other than the one I know. And it certainly does reveal characteristics with which I'm not as acquainted. But that gives a better and more full understanding of who God is. In light of the Old Testament, the New promises we have in Christ are coming alive! Some passages are hard to wrestle with. Wars confuse me. Plagues can trouble me. But don't stop at confusion or trouble, Emily! Maybe you're only squinting at the situation, and you miss the panorama view. Ask God to make sense of these events. Ask Him for the key factor that our hearts can't find on their own. It's there, we just need a new perspective. I think we will be delighted with the clarity God wants to bring to difficult history. I know I am just scratching the surface, but I've been encouraged by the deeper meanings of the Old Testament.