Whew! It has been forever since I've blogged. Life has been insanely crazy and I'm busy all the time. I'm in a few art classes, which are super fun, but quite time-consuming! Top that off with my other classes (writing and videography-intensive), leading a small group and being super involved in Cru, plus spending time with Jesus and attempting to have a social life and...blogging is difficult to fit in.
Speak of Cru...
I love it. Formerly Campus Crusade for Christ, it's something that has been part of my life for, well, ever really. My parents met when they were both on staff with Cru on a project in Hawaii. They fell in love, got married, yada yada, moved to Arkansas to work for Cru at the University of Arkansas, had me, and we moved to Russia when I was three months old to be missionaries in a still rather communist country (the wall fell only a year or two before we were there). My parents have more awesome stories of our times there than I, as we left when I was a mere five years old, and I can't remember much more than snow, sleds, and other fun childish memories.
I always planned to do Cru in college, and when I got to the University of Denver, I did! I didn't get super involved my freshman year (so busy, so many clubs) but by my second year I was a bit more settled and found my niche. During my third quarter I joined the leadership team and have been super involved with Cru ever since.
God showed me during that year He wanted me to work for Cru after graduation. This is a desire He has been re-affirming in the past few weeks and months, and I am unbelievably excited for the years to come when I can work with college students (and the amazing Denver staff!) and spread the love of Jesus.
Not that I can't spread the gospel now!
God has really been doing a lot in my life recently to show me how I need to be changing to live more passionately for Him and be more forward about my faith and sharing it with everyone and anyone, because He is awesome and how could I not talk about Him all the time? I'm sure I'll write more lengthy blog posts about this in times to come, and more about the other awesome things God is doing.
Basically He is just so faithful to show me my own sin and the ways I need to be changing to live more for Him. I mess up all the time, I'm selfish and live for myself, and He gently reminds me to put Him on the throne and stop putting me, me, me first. It's so humbling to see how deeply He loves me even though I'm so unworthy of this love. It's also so freeing and so empowering! I would do anything for this God who loves me so much!
And I'm getting the opportunity to do sweet things for Him right now. Over winter break I have been blessed with the opportunity to go to South Asia with Cru. I am beyond excited for this opportunity. I will be posting lots about this trip, my heart for going there and the service we will be doing, and the logistics of the trip itself. We are raising our own support, and I'll definitely need people to partner with me, both financially and most importantly, prayerfully!
It is incredible to be loved so fully and so perfectly by Jesus. Having that love means I should be going out and sharing it with others, loving people like Jesus loves us (1 Corinthians 13) and going out into the nations to share this gospel of good news - that Jesus loves. It's so simple and so beautiful and I am so thankful I get the opportunity to go to South Asia to spread this truth!
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