back to school

I have successfully survived my first day of my 3rd year of college! I am so pumped for this semester. I feel like I will be challenged, stretched, and exhausted. It is very exciting! I'm taking mostly Gen. Ed. classes including American Government, MT History, American Literature, Human Geography, and Methods for K-8 Art. I am very excited to be taking these classes now that I am actually serious about college. I really want to be organized, involved, and excited about my classes. That's kinda the whole point! I want to become an elementary ed teacher, so I need to devote all my energies to gleaning the most out of every class, every teacher, every assignment, and every textbook.

In other news... I have been so full of joy lately! It is so awesome to be filled completely by the Holy Spirit with joy and peace. It's unbelievable how obsessed I can be with one thing, but all of a sudden have a complete change of heart about it, and hardly think about that one thing that I was overcome by for so many weeks. I can't even explain it. Thank you, God, for lifting a burden off of me!

Please continue your prayers for perseverance, encouragement, and diligence! Also, PLEASE let me know if there is anything that I can pray for for you!

Psalm 16

Keep me safe, O God, I've run for dear life to you.
I say to God, "Be my Lord!"
Without you, nothing makes sense.

And these God-chosen lives all around—
what splendid friends they make!

Don't just go shopping for a god.
gods are not for sale.
I swear I'll never treat god-names
like brand-names.

My choice is you, God, first and only.
And now I find I'm your choice!
You set me up with a house and yard.
And then you made me your heir!

The wise counsel God gives when I'm awake
is confirmed by my sleeping heart.
Day and night I'll stick with God;
I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.

I'm happy from the inside out,
and from the outside in, I'm firmly formed.
You canceled my ticket to hell—
that's not my destination!

Now you've got my feet on the life path,
all radiant from the shining of your face.
Ever since you took my hand,
I'm on the right way.