The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.--Psalm 23 (NKJV)
Once again, I apologize for not writing in awhile. Life has been extremely crazy the last couple of months. I'll try to detail what has been happening in this blog.
First of all, back in October, Holly and I both felt that God was telling us to put our relationship on hold and take a break from each other. We didn't know why at the time, but we reluctantly obeyed God. For the next two months, we spent no alone-time together. When we did hang out, it was in a group setting. We spent the time that we usually spent together with God instead.
The primary purpose of the break was so that we could make God our first love. He was jealous for our hearts, so He asked us to take the break. Through the break, we were able to reach a point where we no longer needed each other and we could envision our futures without each other. It was very hard to reach that point, but we did. :-)
We have started our courtship back up, but we have a lot more boundaries in place for our relationship. We have sought counsel from married couples around Bethany's campus. We want the two primary purposes of our relationship to be to glorify God and to explore the possibility of marriage. We'll see how it goes!
School has been going pretty well, although the homework has been pretty tough. However, having already been through three years of a liberal arts college already, the work here is nothing I can't handle. I just have to learn to not procrastinate so much. :-P
I have to take some time to praise the Lord right now. The things He has done and the things He is teaching me are just blowing me away.
First of all, God did some miraculous work with Holly last night. She has been struggling with ongoing sickness over the last few months. The doctors have not been able to figure out what's wrong. This past week, the sickness was hitting her really hard. Some of our friends here at BCOM spent yesterday fasting and praying for Holly. Then last night they layed hands on her and prayed over her. She instantly began to regain her energy and feel better! On top of that, her jaw, which has been dislocated since July, was also instantly healed! Praise the Lord for his mercy and power!
God has also been teaching me many things. I've been hanging out a little bit with Waylon Clemmons, a mentor here on campus. With Waylon's help, I have been learning a lot about the shepherding nature of God. It's amazing how God cares for us enough to guide and protect His sheep. He will even break the legs of His sheep if it means protecting them from harming themselves. God is truly amazing.
That's all for now! Until next time! :-)
2 comments:
His love amazes me each day.
you are one of my favorite people.
glad to read this blog and hear all the praise reports lately. incredible.
also, you really seem to understand that God certainly does things in his time, according to what's best for your life, and you are blessed for that now and will continue to be. seems like you're learning things now that a lot of people look for their whole life.
:)