My father in heaven

let me start off by saying I am in a season of learning how to be disciplined by God & to be obedient to him in all aspects of my life.
Today is Sunday, the Lords day, well everyday is the Lords day but most people believe Sunday is day to really worship God. I struggle with this as everyone else does, but we should be worshipping him all day every day. Our God is TOO good not to do that. I have been trying really hard lately to make it a priority to spend some time with him everyday, yes it's hard sometimes, especially to be in college and try and do this. Time is limited & stress is outrageous but I have found that whenever I spend time in the mornings or nights with my father in heaven he gives me enough time in the day to do what I need to do and get done what needs to be done. OUR God is faithful. True that.

However, today is Sunday like I said, and normally I go to church at 9 or 11. Saturdays always wear me out and always go by way to fast. We had a football game and I knew already this past week that I was devoting Sunday to be a "study day". Well last night I went to dinner with one of my roommates Logan & my friend Brant. We went to Wild Wings after the game. I was hungry but not really.. I had a different ache/growling in my stomach and I am pretty sure it was some type of spiritual warfare or something. I suddenly just lost my appetite and starting missing my family and just almost bursted into tears. I got up, went to the bathroom and told satan to GET OUT OF MY HEAD and for me to stop listening to his lies. I turned to my father in heaven and just prayed while in the bathroom. I know for a fact he was listening because I heard a voice telling me just to go talk to someone. So later on we were suppose to carve pumpkins (which we did) but while Brant and Logan went to the store to get the stuff I went to my small group leaders apartment, Katie. I am so blessed and grateful for Katie. Last year she was my small group leader as well but this year something has changed and she's just not my small group leader, she's my mentor and best friend. I know I can come to her with anything and she will lead me in prayer & lift me up.  Long story short, I went to her apartment and just let it all out. She prayed for me and it was SO COOOOOL! After she got done, we like looked at each other and just were in awe of the Lords presence because we felt it! It was just so clear and evident that he was in that room with his arms around us. I know that sounds so weird to read but like, I felt my heavenly dads arms around me and it was probably the most exciting thing I've ever felt.  (WOW moment: on the way to Katie's a song came on the radio that was just SO for me. It was definitely from God!!! The version is below) :)

Afterwards, I went back to my house and carved pumpkins with Lo, Brant, Jess & Braden. And normally I feel like I would've felt "boyfriend-less" but I didn't. I am in a season of singleness and I really am OK with that for once. I know the Lord has someone out there for me and it's just not time for me yet. My time will come, and the Lord has this awesome guy for me that I know will be able to put up with my diva-ness & love ME for ME despite my imperfections. God is so so good.

Anyways another wow moment. We got done carving pumpkins at like 1 so I knew getting up this morning for church would be hard and I had already thought about listening to a sermon online. So, I did. I felt like God was telling me the whole night to get up and listen to Elevations (in Charlotte) online sermon. So I did! And, UHHH once AGAIN (over and over again) our God is SO FAITHFUL. The sermon was so for me. Not only am I in a season of singleness, obedience but like I said I'm in a season of DISCIPLINE. And yup, you guessed it the sermon was on OUR DISCIPLINE FROM OUR FATHER, meaning our discipline from our daddy in heaven. It was exactly what I needed to hear. Today I am so thankful for all the things in my life. My life is no where near perfect, my friends are not perfect, my grades are not perfect, my family is not perfect, I AM DEFINITELY not perfect. Nothing is perfect but Our Great and ALMIGHTY SOVEREIGN God & his precious son Jesus Christ who DIED for ME and MY SINS in MY life. He has given me an awesome life & has chosen me to be his daughter and I don't know about you, but I think it's pretty cool to be a daughter of the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE. That's just mind blowing.. it's something you can't fathom.

Hebrews 12:8-13 says "Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 

  Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our GOOD that we may SHARE in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however,  it produces a harvest of righteousness and PEACE

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Hope you all have a great rest of the day & a wonderful week! Seek him in all you do, for he IS good & knows EVERYTHING in the past, in the present and in the future. HE is GOD!