Dive.

Ok, so apparently I can't remember to update my blog regularly...sorry that its been almost 4 months! Anyway, I'm not even sure that anyone reads this, but I like to think they do...haha =]. So what's been new with me...so much! I'm not even sure where to begin! I guess I'll start with the vast change in my life that has taken place since Thanksgiving week. This Thanksgiving, I was on a short tem missions trip with a group from my church to Tijuana, Mexico. While we were down there, God really spoke to me and showed me how much I needed to change. I wasn't quite sure where to begin-it seemed as if there was so much to do, and I wasn't sure how to do it, so until Christmas break, I decided that no drastic changes were necessary. (I was wrong, by the way.) For Christmas, my parents gave me a book called Authentic Beauty by Leslie Ludy (*note- all girls should read this book. I do not care if you don't like to read, go to the nearest Schulers and buy this book, ASAP! It is wonderful!) I began reading a few days after Christmas and found that this book spoke directly to my heart. I had been struggling with a lot of the same things that Leslie writes about in the beginning of this book-public school, the pressure to have a boyfriend, the feeling that Christianity was just a title and I had no idea how to get past that barrier, plus loads of other stuff. She writes in the book about getting to know our true Prince-Jesus Christ. I knew that was something I wanted to do, but again, I was unsure of the steps to take. I decided to start by really making sure I began to form the habit of reading my Bible. I wasn't sure where to start, but I decided to just jump right in...what an intense change! Disciplining my self to get up early on schoool mornings, ect...I know I'm writing like I'm an old pro at this, and I'm not meaning to. It's just I've started to depend on that, every morning! So...yeah. That's what I've been up to. It's only been a week, but it feels like a REALLY long time! Every day I'm learning something new about the vast characteristics of our true King.

Anyway, in a nutshell, I feel like I've taken a leap of faith- sink or swim, I'm diving in. (Check out Steven Curtis Chapman's song Dive-I stole that last line from it. Its a fantastic song, by the way!)

Emily