since I never went through an official horse phase as a little girl I think I'm entitled to this :)

So I passed all my classes!!! It's such a miracle.  I thank God solely for this.  I feel like I ought to expect him to come through for me by now but I figure one of these days he'll let me fall on my face for slacking off.  Although I guess its in his character to show mercy and give us chances we don't deserve. 

We had a Christmas party, my group of friends, that is.  We don't hang out a whole lot anymore.  We're all in different places in life but I'm glad everyone managed to make it to the party this year. A friend of mine gave a little message.  He talked about how God was born as Jesus to die... the normal stuff.  But something hit me differently this time.  The idea that we are living in the shadow of the cross-- we ought to live everyday remembering what he sacrificed and though we could never deserve it, live the best we can to make the most of what he's given us. Of course we will forget.  We'll always find a way to get distracted or slack off... but God shows mercy.

I'm enjoying my Christmas Break! I even picked up a few new hobbies. Knitting is one. I always wanted to learn but it wasn't until my little sister started to that I actually tried.  All I have to show for this is an ever growing practice swatch so we'll see how that goes... Second, this isn't a hobby, but I want to celebrate Hanukkah... I figure if Jesus didn't, why shouldn't I? Although menorahs are expensive and I didn't get one in time for tonight... the first night... so maybe I'll catch the 7 other ones (another awesome thing about that holiday, it last more than a week! :P). My last hobby is My Little Pony! I started watching the series "Friendship is Magic" at first just to be a Brony (Google it), but now I'm legitimately impressed by this little kids show. And I've even collected most of the main character toys. 

My boyfriend likes to make fun of me but since I never went through an official horse phase as a little girl I think I'm entitled to this :)

As the Beatles say, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life goes on!"

So its been like 8 months since my last post... that's so like me. 

Right now I'm super excited about my relationship with God.  It excites me to know that every longing in my heart he put there so that only he can fill it.  I still don't know exactly how to let him do that but just the fact that the deepest parts of me can be touched by God, that he desires to fill all my longings... its just exhilarating!

And I'm holding onto that because I've been struggling in most other areas of my life :/

I have a final tomorrow morning, then one on Friday then I'm done for break! I slacked off a lot this term.  However, I also came to a place where I stopped putting the same sort of expectations on myself as others in my classes put on themselves.  I realized I'm not the kind of person who is willing to stress out and put that much time into school.  Granted, I should put more than I did this past term.  But I have other things in my life that I value more than school, and to shirk them for the sake of grades would be ridiculous.  Still I need God to help me balance it all.  I'm looking forward to having this term behind me.  I may fail a class... or two.  So if I have to retake some I will.

As the Beatles say, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Life goes on!"