Beyond Comprehension.

"Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, 'What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?' He replied, 'Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.' "

Judges 13: 17-18

I read this passage a while ago, like maybe last week, and when I read it I just had to stop. It was one of those moments when you need to take a second to let it soak in and really think about it. Anyway, yesterday Eva and I were driving home from Eugene and in the car we were listening to some Matt Chandler sermons and it just brought me back to that verse. In the message Matt was talking about the characteristics of who God is. He said that we will often be breathless at the view of the Grand Canyon, but we don't revere the one who created it. He went on to talk about God's glory and beauty. He called God "stunning" and that everything we see here on earth that takes our breath away or brings us to our knees in awe is just one glimpse of one aspect of the original beauty that is God.
Wow. We serve an amazing God.
He also talked about how our language can't extend as far as to describe who God is or how awesome he is.
I love that in this verse we can also translate "beyond understanding" as "It is too wonderful". God is just so beyond anything that we can wrap our minds around. It amazes me.
Just some thoughts I had to share! Heres the link to the sermons if anyone wants to listen! I can't remember the title though!

Also to end here's a song I'm loving lately! (Also thanks to Eva! She is just so influential in my life haha)
"Shadowfeet" By Brooke Fraser

The Best.

I am so happy to have an amazing, fun friend like this.
My roomie Karissa Holmes and I have been BEST friends since the 7th grade.
I absolutely love her!
We met in Mr. Nakashima's science class and have some pretty hilarious memories together.

Apparently we haven't changed much over the years...

Senior Year

My Finals Week Wisdom.

I've been having trouble thinking of things to blog about lately, but I don't want to disappoint my faithful two followers so I think I'll give it a shot now.

The last couple of weeks I've been having a kind of 'mid-college crisis' which is not good, mostly because I am pretty far past that halfway point and it's time to get serious and just get done. I think I have been feeling a little overwhelmed by papers and normal stresses of college life and that has resulted in me feeling kind of uncertain about what I'm majoring in and what my future might look like. I think I have a bad attitude about it all too, I feel like what I'm studying isn't necessarily what I'm passionate about. Then again, I think no matter what I study and what I do I won't feel passionate about it because a career isn't my end all. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to work in my industry someday and hopefully I will enjoy what I do, but I don't think the result of that will be my fulfillment.

Well, you are probably thinking that is obvious.... we don't get fulfillment from careers, but only from the Lord. Still, I think that God is wanting us to, in everything we do, have diligence. In Colossians 3:23 God tells us that "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men."

I think I have trouble with that idea. But also, I think that God honors the efforts we put into those things. My friend Anna helped me see that; diligence in one area of our lives can result in diligence in other areas. It's one tool that God can use to grow us. My problem is that I want God to give me the desires of my heart, like a husband someday and a family, but I don't want to first be diligent and steadfast with the things he has trusted me with. I don't feel passionate right now about my career path, but I do feel passionate about my future family. It's not that I need a degree to be a blessing to my future family, but the tools that pour out of that, like discipline, really will be a blessing. Sometimes I'm so focused on the things God isn't giving me, that I ignore and neglect the things he's blessed me with. Going to school is such a blessing, one that a ton of people don't get the chance to experience. I need to be thanking the Lord for that blessing and really giving it my all.

The past couple of days I've been wanting God to show me things in myself he wants to change, to discipline me. I think he has shown me this one, so now I just need to be faithful with that and get some studying done! :)