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Name: megan
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Chicago
Birthday: 5/2/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: Exploring Chicago, playing frisbee and volleyball, hockey, animals, people, ministry, music, awkward moments and God.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Member Since:
10/7/2003
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| God is always waiting. I get upset when people ignore me and yet I ignore God and try to replace Him with people, busyness, work, school, entertainment, etc... How selfish am I? I focus on myself more than the Almighty Creator of the Universe. I get so focused on my timing that I forget He's waiting for me. He's waiting for me to listen, to spend time with Him. He's waiting for my heart to finally sit and rest with His.
Mrs. Easley once said that, "God knows you completely and He wants you anyway." I know that I am completely loved and in His arms is the only place I am completely accepted and can be at rest. How often do I run elsewhere? How often do I try to prove myself? How often do I rely on my actions to make a difference? How often do I compare myself to others? Why can't I just let the thoughts that are so convicting now flesh out in my life?
It is not enough to do, but rather, I need to sit with God and commune with Him. I need to stop doing things for Him and do things with Him. I am ready to rest and let Christ reflect off of me like the sun and the moon. I am ready to surrender. Life is not worth struggling through and fighting for when I am not in tune with God's will.
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| I have come to find that Christmas at my house (and probably most other houses) is full of joys and trials. There are ups and downs and it is not always the pleasant, joyous holiday it should be. It is overwhelming at times to get family together, to deal with traditions, and various other holiday festivities. This year was no different. There were many things that I loved experiencing and there were things that I would have loved not to have experienced.
This year was different than any other. I have so many things to be thankful for. This year has been so full of blessings and I have seen so much growth. I look back and see where I have been and I would never have thought I would be where I am now. It's so encouraging and exciting. 2008 has so many things for me to look forward to. I am most looking forward to seeing what God will do. I know there will be ups and downs, joys and disappointments. However, God has been faithful and I know He will continue to be.
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| I
will praise You Lord my God
Even in my brokenness
I will praise You
Lord
I will praise You Lord my God
Even in my desperation
I will praise
You Lord
And I can't
understand, all that You allow
I just can't see the reason
But my life is
in Your hands
And though I cannot see You
I choose to trust
You
Even when my
heart is torn
I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even when I feel deserted
I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even in my darkest valley
I will
praise (trust) You Lord
And when my world is shattered
And it seems all
hope is gone
Yet I will praise You Lord
I will trust You, Lord my God
Even in my loneliness
I
will trust You Lord
I will trust You, Lord my God
Even when I cannot hear
You
I will trust You Lord
And I will not forget that You hung on a cross
Lord You bled and died
for me
And if I have to suffer
I know that You've been there
And I know
that You're here now.
Even when my heart is torn
I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even
when I feel deserted
I will praise (trust) You Lord
Even when the darkest valley
I will trust You
Lord
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| God has taught me so much about love this semester. There are times
when I wonder if people are able to love unconditionally. I know that
the second I saw my nephew I was desperately in love with him. I
wished that I could love everyone in my life the way that I loved him
at that moment. I am so fickle when it comes to things and I am so
wretchedly selfish. I get hurt or disappointed and suddenly I don't
love the way that I should. I can't even love my siblings the way that
I love my nephew.
However, God is not like that. God loves me more than I do and can
ever love little Nickel. It is something that I can't even begin to
grasp. I always knew this, but I saw it in such a different light. I
was so convicted, challenged, and yet so encouraged. I know that God
sees me as His child and loves me regardless of the despicable things
that I do. It is not by any merit of my own, but because of His grace
that He loves me. That doesn't give me the right to then do whatever I
want, but motivates me to love Him in return and love others to the
maximum of my ability, even if it is just a tiny fraction of the love
that God has for me.
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|  Nicholas Walter  That's my nephew. He's already holding my heart in his little fingers.  I love this child. | | |
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