Glory Day, The End is Here!

     Today marks the first day of finals for the Spring 2011 semester! I just simply cannot believe that my second year is college is already coming to an end, wow! Looking back on this full year, God has blessed so much. I have had some amazing people come into my life that I am SO thankful ful! I love the Fall semester; for it is when new friends move in, Saturday night football games are in full swing, and the weather is perfect every day. But I also love the Spring, for it means Summer is just around the corner!
    So, yesterday, into today, was the National Day of Prayer. Some of us from The Well celebrated by having a prayer vigil around the clock at the amphitheater on campus. I went with my friend, Amanda Price, early this morning, from 6-7am. I am still completely shocked by the way God showed up this morning. Yes, it was cold, and I was crazy tired, but just spending time in the early morning when no one is on campus, simply pouring our hearts out for the needs of fellow students was amazing.
Psalm 46: 10 says, "Be still and know that I am God." That is simply what I did this morning, simply sit and marvel at His glory. I serve an amazing God, who knows all my crazy faults, worries, and failures, but He takes them all anyways and uses them for His glory!
    God has taught me so much about myself in just this semester alone. He has drawn me so close to Him, and I literally cannot go throughout the day without his love and mercy. I have also learned a lot about myself in terms of relationships with people as well. God has showed me that I cannot expect my relationships with people to work out unless I fully immerse Him into them. God has to be the center in ALL relationships, friends, dating, family, whatever. I realized I was failing at this, putting others and my own personal feelings before Him. This verse has become my new LIFE verse for this semester, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
    I hope that you just take a moment today to thank the Creator of our Universe for giving you another day to praise Him, another day to love Him, and another day to tell others about Him! 
Have a wonderful Friday; blessings!
--G--