November 4th, 2011
Before you read, check out the official youtube video of the day!
http://www.youtube.com/user/seanswanson1967#p/a/u/0/bTK7GhiNg0U
From Church on the Move Omaha's worship service 3 weeks! :)
Amazing Kari Jobe Song: "You are Good"
So whoever said God wasn't good is the biggest liar on the face of the Earth.
It's Friday, and I cannot even BEGIN to tell you how amazingly HUGE God has moved in my life this week. From the outside eye, it may not look like much, but if you've followed this blog before you know that I've been going through little struggles the devil tries to put in my way to see if I'll turn to him instead of my Great Lord Jesus. It didn't and never WILL work.
So God thing #1. Wow can I even remember back this far? There has literally been at least one every single day.
Let's start with... Tuesday shall we? Well. Tuesday was my AWESOME BIG BRITTANY'S Birthday!!! Wooooo! So that was a God thing. She's 20, and flourishing if I do say so myself. She has been SUCH a blessing in my life spiritually, emotionally, and in every way and it's only been what... 2 weeks since she's been my big? If that?
For all of you whom don't speak "sorority", a "BIG" is someone who is in your sorority and basically serves as yo mama for the next... well... the rest of your life. They're a mentor to guide you through college, be your shoulder to cry on, late night ice cream buddy, or just someone to talk to. And in my case!!! I'm SO lucky because she LOVES Jesus SO much with ALL her heart so we can connect spiritually as well and hold each other accountable!
And did I mention she's a photographer... hello album cover!? :)
Love you Brittany Marshall!!! :)
Oh! And I completely forgot. Tuesday night was the panel discussion about the "common book" we freshman all had to read at Belmont this year called "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". It's a long story but basically her cells completely changed the course of human history and science for literally EVER, and her family wasn't compensated and STILL isn't compensated one bit for it. That's the SUPER short version. and Henrietta's (whom is deceased) son Sonny Lacks WAS HERE AT BELMONT!!!! It was SO cool to see a character in the book who after having read his ENTIRE LIFE basically was right in front of you in the same room!! SUCH A BLESSING!
Then LASTLY, I went to Bongo to get some coffee with my best friend Sarah Beth... woo! And then went to the library to study. Although little studying happened because Sarah and I have ENTIRELY too much fun together... *cough... and Sarah was on sporcle the whole time* God really moved that night. Because..... about an hour into "studying" my good friend and sister in Christ Lindsay showed up with her friend CAROLINE! We ended up watching sappy AMAZING wedding proposal videos like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1BE0fI9oUcM
literally if you don't cry you don't have a soul. Sorry.
and pinning on PINTEREST ALL NIGHT LONG! Laughing too, which is illegal in the Library.
Anyways... new friends are always a blessing! God is GOOD! Especially when you find out Caroline had been in your same Theory class all semester but we sat on opposite sides of the room so we never noticed. #fail. bahaha.
So now let's move to Wednesday.
Wednesdays are literally ALWAYS crazy.
I have 6 classes. Enough said.
But I ended up only having 5 because the last Oratorio meeting was at 3pm and only lasted like 10 minutes!!! Woooo done with Oratorio! People might ask... "ok Megan what the heck that's not a blessing how God moved in your life... we all knew it wouldn't last long." But excuuuuuse me? You can't tell me what a blessing in my life is! Shoot. Hehe. ;) I had an extra hour and 50 minutes to do what I pleased with!! That IS A BLESSING!
THEN! I had the MOST amazing night.
So! What was originally a "Family dinner" (Sorority thing.) turned out to be a night at Sweet Cece's!! Woo FroYo! :) With Kelly, Brittany, Ashton, Lindsay, and Alexis! :) THEN! I had to get groceries so my AUNT ASHTON and I went to Whole Foods! (YUMMY) and got some DIN DIN and then some groceries! LOOOOOONG Story short, now Wednesday night is our "Ashton and Megan date night" where we'll get fresh groceries that are pleasing to our bodies and good for them, while getting to fellowship and talk about JESUS!!! :) Which we DID. All night. For a "Baby Christian" (Ashton has only been saved for 6 months) she is one of the most SPIRITUALLY ON FIRE people for Christ you will EVER MEET, and I'm obsessed with it!
-Meeting cute boys who ring up your groceries who are hipster-ish and ask you about your life or stare at you while you pick out granola isn't a negative either. ;) tehehe.
GOD IS SO GOOD!
Thursday... was just great. I've been in the Word of God SO much and it's really paying off! I've learned to look at my eating habits as not just pass/fail but just as "ok, does my body need to be nourished right now?" And it's changing my life. And if I do eat late at night sometimes, or have the occasional froyo with my sisters, it doesn't mean I've failed, it just means I need to try to do better the next day. Since I'm a bit of a perfectionist this can be REALLY hard, but through Christ Jesus and Him alone, He can RENEW my strength, especially my inner strength (aka shutting down my thoughts and helping me focus on Him and not myself) I can heal. And I AM! :)
Friday.
Woah. Last night was phenomenal.
First it was Bethel Women's Bible Study, circa Moriah's room. AMAZING. I love you girls. Love this Bible Study. Interested? Ask me it's AMAZING! :)
Then... I spontaneously went to the Jon Foreman concert!! Woooo! (With the fabulous Taylor) and it was GREAT. Ended up meeting some GREAT NEW FRIENDS! Possible band mates? Who knows. AND I MET JON FOREMAN TWICE AND THEN HE FOLLOWED US TO CAFE COCO AND WE TALKED TO HIM FOR A WHILE!
Then his whole band, wife, and team sat right by us for like 2 hours.
YAY NASHVILLE!
Then I went to bed at 2, and only had one class today.
PRAISE GOD!
Blessings to you readers!
In Him,
Megan :)
