So tomorrow I begin what will hopefully be my last year of undergrad. Crazy isn't it...

All sorts of feelings and emotions come up when I think of this next year. Mostly im excited to see which paths my life will take- what next adventures im bound to experience. What things God will be teaching me and showing me through people, experiences, and choices I will make. As a kid I always loved this time of year - mostly because I always got new school supplies. Im telling you, there's nothing like a new box set of crayons or markers - just waiting to be opened and be used. Well that's how im feeling right now, after having rested and been rejuvenated these past few weeks im ready to see what's around the corner.

My prayer is that through out this next year I don't lose focus on the things that are important. That I not only listen to the things God speaks to me about but that I act on them. That I humble myself to know that I cant do this on my own, to find courage and strength in God because only through Him will i find what im looking for. That I live a life that is honoring to Him. To live a life that's worth living.

"I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified."

~ 1 Corinthians 9: 23-27