For A Lack of Words..

Stay Classy,

Becs

What is going on woman?

Wow, talk about a hectic crazy life! None of those adjectives should describe the life of a follower of Christ! This shows me just how little I am really relying on my savior to be my supplier of energy and my source of life! Any who now that I am done admitting I am a slacker and haven't been making the wisest of decisions. I am going to move on and accept the blessing of grace!

So here goes! My goal is to begin to blog everyday about each area of my life. Maybe I will chose each day of the week to be a specific topic! That sounds good! Today has been a weird day! Not doing so great, I got this killer sunburn while hanging out at "Life's a beach" today and it is wearing me out. I mean I where some large sunglasses, so these aren't even reasonably called raccoon eyes.. I feel like they are more like you got beat up and then got a sunburn around it eyes!

I have finally found a church to make my home here in CC and it is Lexington Baptist Church! I love the heart of this church family! I have found the fullness of community here and am beyond thrilled! This week we received our new minister of music and youth! He is awesome and is really excited to begin impressing upon our youth true discipleship. Wow, way to many exclamation marks, can you tell I am excited :) . So, this wednesday was the first youth night. It was cool to get to meet all of the students, they are really awesome kids and I can't wait to get to know them more.

Afterwards we had college discussion group. This time feels almost like seminary for average people. We dig into the topics that most Christians settle on and don't really care to dig to find the answers. We investigate controversial topics, I truly feel as though I am being sharpened and challenged here! Most often they are topics that non Christians struggle with understanding and hinder them from committing to turn towards a life of freedom in Christ.

This week the topic was "If heaven is so good, then how was "satan" able to do something so evil causing sin to enter the world." The way pastor scott sets it up is we pick a topic usually the week before so that we can investigate and then come back with some ideas. This week, there were none! So we begin looking through scripture, and googling the question. We come up with passages in Isiah, Ezekiel, John, Genesis, Revelations; yet none really tell the story. No where in scripture are we able to find this, it eludes to what happened, but no where is it flat out said. ( An hour and a half of searching and finding no answers to the Sunday school a+b equation is really exhausting!) In the last two minutes of discussion pastor Scott broke down for us what theologians have to say. It doesn't flat out say, however had Satan not been evil, the polar opposite of God, then we would have no free choice. If Good is all there is , there is no choice. Wow, never have I been thankful for Satan... but in this and only this aspect of him, I am.

God is so much bigger than our little brains can comprehend... " Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; its too high, I cannot attain it" (psalm 139:6).

God, you are so much bigger than the moment, so much bigger than the minute, the hour, the day, the week, the month, the year, the decade, the century, and even my lifetime. "Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in your book were written all the days that were ordained for me, When yet there was not one of them" (psalm 139:16). Your plan and purpose is beyond my selfish existence. I am thankful for a father who is all knowing and all sustaining! Show us that even in a moment of weakness and in a pattern of chaos, you are still on your throne!!! "Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way of the everlasting" (psalm139:24).

Be Blessed,

Becks

While I'm Waiting!

Lately it seems that we have been ambushed by weddings! I was unable to find another word with the same connotation of ambush but a milder diction and was unsuccessful!  What an awesome time in the lives of friends and family! It is so cool to see what God is bringing together! 


Isn't it funny when you yourself teach yourself something . Something GOD is bringing together! Becca calm down! :) I know that my heavenly father is looking down on me and smiling at how I am so anxious and excited. However his truth is not failing to speak into my heart!. The LORD is not told when things will happen rather he gives me the promise of perfection in his plan. 


2 Peter 3:9
⁹ The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you


My God does not work slow! He works in perfect time! He is all knowing. He understands my heart, he understands my struggles, he knows my tomorrow! He asks me as his child to wait, and to take heart in the fact that my savior has already come through for me and has my best in mind! 


Philippians 4:6-7
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


So where does that leave me. It guides me to prayer. It directs me towards patience. Instructs me to continue taking each day for what it is, a blessing. Serving others and him! Wasting no time because the reason I am here is to serve him and him alone! To be a vessel of truth throughout my journey here on this planet. Not allowing an anxious heart to hinder the very reason he has me in the exact town I am in!


Acts 17:26
²⁶And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place


He has me here for however long he has declared previously for me to be here on purpose! I am deciding to not get caught in the anxiousness that is second nature as a girl, but rather to choose now to live in the moment, and day that he has provided me here and now! Not for myself, but for his glory alone!


Stay Classy,
Becs

A New Beginning..

Today was the first day of my Junior Year of college! It is going so quick! I am thankful for that however as I am anxious for the future and the plans my savior had laid for me! This semester and year is going to be much different from the previous ones. My living situation is unfamiliar. My environment is kind of the same and yet very different! God is calling me out in a completely new way and I have to say that I am truly ecstatic about this!

We had Fish Life for the incoming freshmen and transfer students last night and I had a great time welcoming in the new students! I can't wait to see where God leads them and how he grows them in their first semester! I remember my first semester and how complacent I was and curious! I pray for these students that they would make a quick and steady transition through this new chapter in their lives!

First day of classes went excellent! We had so many new faces at free lunch both freshmen and returning students! So much so that there is already discussion on how we are going to raise the money to continue to provide free lunch as we may need to begin ordering more food! Now that is a God sized problem blessing to have!

This new semester brings new challenges, adventures, and blessings! Looking forward to sharing my walk with you this year! Thank you for loving me through my struggles and praying me through the unknown!

Stay Beautiful!

Hanging in there

I am moved in and will have cable on Friday at some point which means that I will eventually be able to begin posting again. I am so thankful for my family they are such a blessing. They love me beyond what I deserve and I am beyond grateful!! More to come very soon!

I'm going through the Big-D and do mean Dallas!

Tomorrow Joe, Connor, and I are making the long trek up to Tulsa, Oklahoma! Be praying for safe travels please :). Today was my last day of class for summer school. Finished out with a solid B in microbio! Pretty proud of that! I have been meaning to blog about my book but haven't found the time. Making posts like this take little thought process and I need to get better at blogging but hey I will get the hang of it! More posts to come throughout next week! We are going camping Sunday through Tuesday! SUPER STOKED! Have a blessed week! Love you all!

Just a couple out of towners

So we are in Mississippi for the fourth. Spending time with Joe's family. This was the first trip for our dog Brantley and he has been a handful. He is wearing a diaper so we are washing it ever now and then. Not too fun but its better than him marking everywhere. He has taken a liking to Josh and Jonnas dog Axle. However Axle doesn't think to highly of him. We had a girls morning went shopping and to lunch and have been resting since! Here is a pic to share. Axel is the bigger one under the chair and brant is the little in one with the diapy!

And so it begins..

As my final years as a student at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi begin, I have decided to start keeping record of any and all things. This is why I have decided to keep the number of people who are reading to a select few! I am going to discuss things ranging from school to dieting and even things of a spiritual content. My hope is to be able to maintain a level of accountability. Requiring myself to check in every few days and document my success as well as goals achieved! Thank you for being a part of my journey and encouraging me along the way! You are all the best and I look forward to the growth that is about to take place in my life!