MAY DAY!!!

Hey everyone! It's May Day--and it is GORGEOUS here in Fargo! Woo! Always exciting when the weather is beautiful out! =)

Well, it has been a long week, but it has definitely been a lot of fun! And the weekend will be here shortly!!! There are two things I am definitely REALLY looking forward to--hanging out with my roommates (a little roommate date) and going to Sioux Falls to attend my cousin's profession of faith!!! A little bonding time with the family is always good! =)

So, as I enter into the month of May, yesterday I really contemplated my life over the past year and over the past few months. The one exceedingly great thought that was drawn to the forefront was God's passionate love for me and His complete provision! Almost a year ago, I was looking for a job and couldn't find one. And then, I got two! I worked for half a year at a Christian bookstore and as a server in a restaurant. Then God opened another door for me to have the job I currently work at. It has been so awesome and I love this job!

Another way God provided was giving my roommate Scott and I another awesome brother and roommate--James. It was a year ago that a friend of ours came to us and told us he and his brother would like to live with us. Then, that guy got another sweet job and moved out, but we had his brother. And what a fun roommate James is! God is good!

I've seen Him work in so many fantastic ways over the past few months and I am just perplexed and in awe of how wonderful He is. I look at the challenge Paul poses in 1 Thessalonians 4:1 which says, "Finally brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more." (NIV) I am blown away by my call to persevere, yet I know and can testify that God has and will continue to protect me in His care. He has never abandoned me, nor will He ever. And that, indeed, is amazing grace.

So today, I just praise God for His blessings and look forward to the next year to come. What a wonderful God we serve. Be encouraged and be blessed by Him!