Seeing His hand

My students having fun on our class field trip To be honest, it has been an incredibly hard year. Well, 11 months. 11 months ago I graduated from college. I left San Marcos for home. I came back to the place I grew up, to take time to figure out what I wanted to do next, because when I left San Marcos all I knew was that God was pulling me back home even though I thought I was supposed to go elsewhere. So, I came back to my dorm sized high school bedroom. I came back to a community that had changed in the four years that I had been gone. Family, friends, life in the twin cities had changed. It was a bit of a shock because even though I was coming back to familarity, nothing was the same. Coming back I got plugged into serving middle schoolers at River Point Church. That was the first big change for me (besides trying to fit my apartment in my bedroom). My time there was wonderful. My position changed a lot over the course of the 7 months that I went there. Now I'm simply hel...

I am entering into my last and final year at Texas State University. I will be graduating in May of 2017. Sitting here typing this article I am thinking about the change I endured over the last three years. Change was the word I took hold of as I prepared for the upcoming school year. I declared that I want this year to be my best yet. So, before heading off to my leadership retreat I made a few subtle changes. I highlighted my hair, got new different glasses, and a few new articles of clothing. In doing these things I was a bit scared. I was nervous of what others would think about these new changes. Yet, I shouldn’t have. Those around me gave me compliments, and those that are close to me gave me good feedback on why a little change is good. All the feedback fueled me with a bit more confidence in the small changes that I was making. Then, at my leadership retreat I learned a lot about spiritual change. I was shown how I needed to evaluate my relationship with Christ. And during th...