What are you looking at?

One of the great things about returning to college at this stage in my life is that I can truely appreciate the people that God has placed around me. On my college campus, I have come in contact with such a varied group of individuals that it has struck me that I must have been blind not to have known they have been there all along. I don't have anything in common with a lot of these people. They have different ideas and beliefs of how the world should work. I love that. I love the fact that God is exploding my comfort zone and sending me out into His world. I want to be a shining light that impacts His kingdom. I want to bring honor and glory to Him. I want to throw off people's preconcieved notions of who they think I am and I want God to throw off my own preconcieved notions of who I think they are. In the end, I think everyone just wants to treated with honor and respect. I wish we in the church could remember that's how we need to treat people.

He Is In The Little Things

No one should ever say that God isn't in the little things. I really enjoy doing yoga. It's a great exercise for me: low impact but excellent benefits. I can do things in yoga that blow my mind. Recently the yoga center that I go to closed. They had a lot of classes during the day which suited my schedule. Normally, it really wouldn't bother me, I would just go to another center. However, all of the other yoga centers have their more challenging classes at night. Since I am in night classes at ETSU, my time at night is already claimed. I refuse to go to yoga classes at those studios because on my free nights I want to focus on being a mom and wife. So my friends at ETSU recently started talking about the school's fitness facility. THEY HAVE YOGA DURING THE DAY AND IT'S FREE!! I know it probably doesn't mean much to you, but to me, it's so awesome. It shows me that God really loves me. He has directed me to a place where I can do a challenging yoga class and remain healthy. He has guided me to a place where I can do yoga free (being a college student means I need to stretch the dollar). He has shown me that the things that matter to me, matter to Him. He is pretty incredible. Just another reason why I love Him so much.