Finally home! After a tough year filled with stress and tension, I am finally home for summer and free from study worries!! I made it through without too much of a nervous breakdown!
This academic year has been filled with spirituality, study, friends becoming more like family, awkwardness with boys and FUN! This is the end of an era seeing as I am moving from one big city to another!
I moving to the friends that left me behind and I can't wait. This means a new church, I have already met several people from the church and they have already become like family. I can't wait to throw myself into Kingdom business when I get back in Sept!
I set myself faith targets at the beginning of this year:
3. Lose weight. Target = 10st 13lbs
4. Find love. (Slightly embarrasing and one which I'm not too bothered by now but it'll be interesting to see what God puts into my path).
I feel that I have definitely taken steps towards a better and closer relationship with God, especially after a week of Nooma Internship and Spring Revival at church in May. Nooma Internship consisted of a weekend away in Torquay with daily bible readings and preach from a pastor and then onto a worship party, whilst being able to spend quality time with other students hungry for God's word. It was an amazing weekend which I had already decided had changed my life irrevocably.
There was still the week to come though, which I must say I couldn't have even guessed what it was going to do for my life. The week consisted of reading through a few select chapters from, 'Why Revival Tarries?' by Leonard Ravenhill, written in 1979. It is amazing to see how relevant and timeless this book is! I found it incredibly hard hitting and it revealed some home truths for me and showed me areas that I needed to change in my life. I recommend it to anyone, believers and non-believers.
We also had time for exhortations which allowed us to pray and really get into God's presence. Giving us a chance to hear God's voice and what plans he has for us individually. This was the first time I had heard God's words and I felt truly blessed!
The week was truly life changing and gave me a step up in my faith! It remains to be seen whether or not I keep up the changes I have made. I hope and pray I do! A take home message from this week was Joshua 3:5 'Consecrate (surrender) yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.' I have been making a point to consecrate myself to God daily!
In terms of passing 2nd year - watch this space 24th June and 4th July are the dates!
Losing weight was going swimmingly until 2 weeks ago when I finished exams....Woops! Joining the gym today, so will keep you posted on that progress. Everything is possible through Christ who gives me strength in all things!
Finding love has obviously been a failure to embarrassing levels, I shall leave this story for a time when I am able to laugh along with you!
A particular verse that has helped me and got me through these last few weeks of revision and exams and I feel like could be words of encouragement for many of you out there, Joshua 1:9 ' Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.'
Enough from me for now but be warned, there's a lot to come this summer!
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