Journey Day 187

Somewhere along the line, during my 3 years at school I became a cynic. when I say I became a cynic, I mean That I lost faith in my fellow believers and in their authenticity. It appeared that so many Christians would say one thing, but their life would reflect something completely different. But then tonight at Winterfest the speaker did his usual altar call, challenging the kids to allow Jesus to rescue them. what a simple yet wonderful concept! to be humble before our Savior, and be rescued by Him! Typically I see the altar call as a joke. An excuse for peiple to bring the attention to themselves as they "rededicate" their life to Christ, but in that moment it was like God was saying "Sarah these kids are desiring to be close to me right now, maybe it won't last forever but in this moment they want nothing more then to be close to me. Is your walk with me so perfect that you can criticize their's?" And as students poured up the stairs to pray with their leaders, I was overwhelmed with how powerful and loving my God is! The rescuer of our souls is so passionate about us that He stirs our heats to draw close to Him. My cynicism went out the door, and my heart overflowed with joy for these followers of God! I can't expect every person that steps up during an altar call to be completely genuine, but I can believe that my God can use altar calls and christian concerts to bring His children close to him! Pray for the thousands of kids and adults that accepted Christ tonight! alone they can't do it, but with the help of God and our prayers,their faith can be genuine! : ) Bye, bye cynicism and hello hope!

Journey Day 186

Today started Winterfest, and I am volunteering for it. It was fun, but it starts a very exhausting 3 days!! I'm  exhausted so I'm going to make this a very short blog. Aka this is it. So good night and Happy New Years Eve... in advance! Goodnight : )

Journey Day 185

It's Always Been You by Christ August

It's always been you
From the day that I saw You
From a heart that was broken 
I was changed into something brand new 

Like a butterfly learning
How to use my wings to fly like the wind
I gotta make it home again

It's always been you
Seeing deeper than the surface
With a smile 
You demolish all my walls
You can always break through

To the heart of the matter
No matter what I try to do 
When I hide from the Sun 
You come and change my point of view 

And I'm sorry for the things I've done
When you ran to me I turn to run 
But you were waiting when I came undone 
And needed something to hold on to 

'Cause it's always been you 
In the heat of the moment 
When the pain was so real 
And the scars on my heart were still wounds

I gotta stop hiding
From the one thing that's left to do
I know what I gotta do

And I'm sorry for the things I've done 
When you ran to me, I turned to run 
But were waiting when I came undone 
And needed something to hold onto
It's always been you 


I wake up, I wake up 
To the morning light, to your morning light 
I wake up, I wake up
'Cause you shine so bright 

I'm sorry for the things I've done
When you ran to me, I turned to run 
Yeah you were waiting, you were waiting

And I'm sorry for the things I've done 
When you ran to me, I turned to run
But you were waiting when I came undone 
You gave me something to hold onto 

Yeah it's always been you
Oh, it's always been you
Oh, it's always been you

Journey Day 184

3 words. Booty. God. Booty. What does that mean you ask? It's when a person lives their life without thinking about God, then throws a few God moments in there, and then going right back to your everyday life. I know that I am guilty of this CONSTANTLY! I give God a small section of my life, but refuse to give him the whole thing. I don't let Him be my whole life. In the words of Jon Acuff, I "booty God booty, God". Why would I not give God my everything? Why would I try to hold anything back? I think it's because I like to think I have control of my life, but the truth is God is the one in control, and I need to let  God's peace fill my life. Not just some moments in my day, but every single moment and every single aspect! For more on "Booty God Booty" you should watch this Jon Acuff clip... it's 27 minutes, and it's worth every second. Be encouraged, be uplifted, and don't live your life with "booty God booty"! PEACE!

Journey Day 183

This my prayer for this coming year.

I pray that I will draw closer to God, closer then ever! I pray that I will learn new things about who He is, and that my love for Him will consume every aspect of my life. I pray that He will use my time of singleness in new and exciting ways. I pray that I will grow closer to all my amazing friends, they have been such a blessing this past year, and I pray that this year I can be a blessing to them! I pray that my relationship with my family will deepen, and that my love for them and will continue to grow. I pray that I will be able to concentrate on my studies this semester, and that I will gain knowledge and understanding of my major. I pray that this year I will be changed by my relationship with God, and that I will be able to be used by Him in every aspect. I want to be an encourager, and I pray that this year God will give me lenses where I will see people as He sees them. I know that I will fall short of His glory, but ultimately I pray that this time next year I will be closer to the creator of the universe then I am right now. I pray that I will be always growing and changing into a woman after His own heart, a woman of character. I pray that this is a year of heavenly conviction, and I pray that I will get share this year with all of you! : )

What's your prayer for this coming year?

Journey Day 182

So let me share my small miracle with you. I hate snow; I hate driving in it, I hate walking in it, I hate shoveling, but I do like to look at it. Today I had to drive back to my college town to clean/move out of my apartment, and do my CSER (christian service). I looked at the weather report last night and it showed that it was going to start snowing at 3 am and continue until 1pm on Monday. The minute I read it my heart sank into my stomach and I automatically went into worry mode. ( That seems to be my default! ) I planned to leave before church so that I could leave before the ground was completely covered in the powdery white stuff. I fell asleep praying that God would stop the snow, or at least stop it until I left the state. When I opened my eyes this morning, I leaped up to the window and what do you know... NO SNOW! I checked the forecast, and it had changed from snow all day to the snow not starting until 4pm! So I was able to go to church, and drove through all of Pennsylvania without hitting any snow, and then I drove through Maryland and NO SNOW, and then West Virginia and what do you know, NO SNOW and then finally Virginia and I hit practically NO SNOW! It was my day after Christmas miracle ; ) God protected me and my tiny car, and led me through each state. I barely missed a blizzard in each state, and it was all because God had His hand over me, and kept the snow from me! It was fantastic! It may seem small to you, but to me it was just further proof of God's hands in my life! : ) What a fantastic day!

Journey Day 181

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

God bless you and those you love!!!