ahhh... refreshing...

This last week God has been taking such good care of me! I had such a bad week prior and was just kinda feeling "done." Then, it was like i turned the corner and ran smack dab into the arms of God... He held me all week. It was as if He had His big arm draped over my shoulder and he was leading me through the week, surprising me with little delights along the way... Here are just a few...

Last Sunday, the youth service was awesome... you could just feel something different in the room. Worship went great and Mike did an amazing message. That night we got to take the youth ICE SKATING! I was pretty sure i was going to break my arm... but i only went around the rink 3 times... so i was safe. It was such a FUN TIME! Afterwards we went to a Sonic and had some yummy food. I enjoyed hanging out and laughing with the other youth workers. But the best part was on the ride home. One of our girls told us that she really liked Mike's message from that morning, and that she had felt the Holy Spirit during worship. That was all i needed... i was on top of the world. Thank you God for a perfect, fun, crazy day with the youth!

This week i also went to breakfast with my friend Kym. We met at 9am and had delicious Panera. We don't see each other often, so we needed to catch up. We talked about EVERYTHING... three hours later we were still in the same booth, chatting away! It was so neat to talk about the Lord, and our passions, and different things. I walked away feeling filled with Joy. What a blessing!

Friday night i went to Disneyland with my friends Bre and Steve. It SHOULDN'T have been a fun night at all... the lines were long... a bunch of rides were closed... it was rainy... i fell on the teacups (hahaha)... we were tired... etc. etc. But, it was the best night i have had in a long time! We had the most amazing conversations. We sat on the curb on Main Street, eating ice cream, and just talking. We reminisced a bunch about our days at Forest Home... and did a lot of people watching. The next thing we knew, Disneyland was empty and it was one am. So, onto the drive home... MORE amazing conversations... about how GOOD God is... about the things He is teaching us... about the youth in our churches... about worship... about life. When we made it back to Bre's house we sat in her car and talked for a few more hours. We didn't get home till 4am. It was a great night!

And lastly, i had a good night last night. Good convos after work... good convos on facebook chat... good convos thru text messages till 2am. Ridiculous smile on my face.

God just filled me up this week! I feel refreshed and renewed! I am in LOVE with my Jesus! <3