After a tough week, all I want to do is...eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and take a trip to the pool, which is exactly what I did! Jared and I went to the pool at night and brought a bottle of milk and 2 peanut butter jelly sandwiches with us. Random...a little? but that's us! ...oh and in other important news, Jared received his PBJ's (Pure Blue Japan's) in the mail that day also :)
On another note, God has been teaching me a lot even though I couldn't see it. I was greatly humbled this week in my trials (not really in school but everywhere else), and moreover God continues to refine me everyday. It's hard to see that he is always there, and his presence is everywhere. We consistently turn away from God after he has given us what we want, and ignore the fact that He's still here waiting for us to return to him like the prodigal son, and loves us even when we constantly turn away from Him like the Israelites. But even in these times, God is still here refining us...and compelling us to come back to Him.
GOD doesn't want us to protect us from hardships and tribulations, but instead PUSH us harder toward them, in that way, we can grow the most.
Man it's been a long week. tons of studying and i definitely am not getting the time like i desire in order to truly be able to really reflect and make changes. Man time is shorts. its so late already i feel hahahha. Anyways it seems so much like i'm being wasteful... taking things for granted and not truly pushing myself for the things of life. The ideals of the homegroup and YY's message last week has really been weighting heavily on my mind. It's really hard to push for revolution and dramatic improvement and change. It's so easy to just keep following things and going with the flow of life and never to stop and think.
The rapids keep going quickly and to get caught up really is simple. But to push and go against the grain and go for something larger than what I can see and this life is really what i want to strive for... THE ETERNAL! and really the concept and thought of suffering for THE GLORY. not just kanye west style but lived out for real. I keep praying for revelation and being shown what God is truly showing me. I hope to really strive for something superlative and not just ordinary.
So with studying for midterms and spending countless hours for mamm phys i stumbled across this verse and it's not just about smarts and God providing, but more about what God has and can give freely and provide. If you don't believe then I think there's something powerful in this.
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind."
-1 James 1:5-6
And the next morning we made pancakes and ate them with nutella...
more pictures later :)
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