(How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!)
one month of january is gone. can you believe it?
second semester starts tomorrow. i am naively looking forward to it. i am dreading it, but i know it will be nice to get into the swing of things again. im looking forward to having fun and i hope i do.
i am feeling very joyful and very blessed tonight. god is good. i have a healthy nephew who is one year old today. i have a brother and sister-in-law who are raising two beautiful children and im pretty proud of them. i have a sister who is a bigwig counselor but an incredibly humble woman. i have a brother-in-law who has started a church in the city and making impacts for god's kingdom. i have a dad who is leading a missions trip on the island of guadeloupe...a humble servant and hard worker. a mom who has experienced the grace of god in amazing ways and is helping a huge group of women grow closer to christ each week. i have a beautiful girlfriend who is so incredibly talented and i cant wait to see where she ends up cuz it will be good no matter what. god is blessing my friends and they are beautiful and fun and bring me joy. christ gave himself for me so that i may live and experience freedom and hope and love.
so why do i complain so often?
its nights like these that you never want to go to sleep because you're afraid when you wake up the feeling will be lost.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
may the lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you...
goodnight friends