Been Awhile

I apologize! Got a lot going on.

This is really just to let you all know kinda that, first off, Im still alive! And second off, just some of the things that are going on...what God is teaching me...etc.

One thing that I have always known, but am becoming more aware of each day is just how BLESSED I am. Like I am seriously so in love with life and God and people...my life just overflows with blessings and love from God! It's incredible.

God also blessed me with an amazing new friend, named Joe. He is pretty legit and it's been really cool to see that friendship grow. I've also patched up a lot of old relationships I have and met a ton of new people. I just love PEOPLE and just being around them and learning from them and growing with them...so that has been really awesome. I do have a few relationships that are going to require a lot of patience and a few tough conversations...and a lot of tears, as I have been learning. I have a friend right now who I haven't seen or even really talked to in months. She is like, my best friend and I have seen her in months. She isn't showing up to church, answering her phone... I feel sometimes just so helpless in this situation with her. It hurts me so much to just think about how she is living right now. I wish I could just DO something. I pray for her always though...and I love her with all my heart. Right now, I think that is the only thing I really can do.

I went to Wired last weekend...Im gonna be straight up...I have mixed feelings. Even Joe said that out of everyone he talked to about it, I was the least entusiastic. And it wasn't because I didn't learn or didn't feel God or have a good time, it was just soooo different for me this year. This year I came to Wired already so fulfilled and in love that it was just really different to go to Wired with those types of feelings already. And it has been something that has been hard to kind of come to grips with. Like, I am in an intimate place with God...but I can't keep expecting like just absolutely incredible, face melting moments everyday...I don't know. So, I mean, I loved Wired and loved the experience and Marc's preaching and the worship...it's just gonna take, getting used to, I guess. One thing that hit me like an elbow to the face was just like...why me? Why was I choosen to have this life and to be a follower of Christ and to just be so absolutely in love and to tell the good news? Why does God love me so much?!?! So much that He sent His only son.... Why does Jesus love me so much that He would die for me? And even die for the people who hung Him and beat Him and betrayed Him? WHY? It's such an amazing grace and something that I will never be able to understand as long as I live, but I am okay with that. I am loved by the creator of the universe and a beautiful Savior...that's enough for me, always.

Okay, I've written enough for one night. Just wanted to catch everyone up! :)

Peace
Liz

Verse: "Say only what helps; each word is a gift." (Eph. 4:29). I wrote this verse on my hand the other day and I can't tell you how much it helped and encouraged me! What I say, whether it's through my words or body language, are affecting people. Am I reflecting the Jesus that I love or am I reflecting Liz...who is dirty and broken and a sinner?