Your light will shine when all else fades

Lately I have been listening to a lot of worship music in my free time. I have been enjoying listening to the amazing words that these artists sing about. One particular band that I have been enjoying a lot is Hillsong. They have quite a few powerful songs. Recently I heard the song , “From the Inside Out.” I had heard the song quite a few times on my iTunes, but the words had never really clicked in my head until 2 weeks ago when we sang it at CrossPoint CRC. I have included the words and hope that you all would look up the song and follow along with the words.

Hillsong United, “From the Inside Out”
A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
my heart and my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Chorus 2x
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out

30 days and counting!

One month from this very moment I will be on an airplane, flying to South Carolina for Spring Break. For those of you who don’t already know, I got a plane ticket to their Christmas from my parents. I can’t wait to see my Aunt Kristina and my three little girls, Lily, Marielle, and Paisley. Tomorrow is Lily’s 4th birthday! I can’t believe that four years have passed since she was born. I feel like it was yesterday that I went to the hospital to hold that adorable little girl. My mom, Grandma, and Edward are in South Carolina right now visiting for a couple weeks. My mom told me that Lily is acting so grown up. I can’t wait to hold little Paisley again and to snuggle with Marielle aka Sissy and her many stuffed animal frogs.

This semester is going very smoothly so far. The busyness starts this week. I have a Spanish test, Bible test on the book of Romans, and a paper, a presentation, and a paper topic due in Cross-Cultural Communications. I luckily am not feeling too overwhelmed with it….yet. Last week was a little stressful when both my iPod and my laptop charger broke. My dad was very gracious and rush delivered a power cord to me. It’s only been a week since my iPod broke and I am already going through withdrawals. I knew that I used mu iPod quite often, but never realized how much I used it until I didn’t have it anymore. After my next paycheck, I am planning on bringing it in the Apple Store to see if they can fix it. If not, I might try and buy a new one. So we shall see how that all pans out in the coming weeks.

Other than being busy with school, college life is treating me very well. In the past few weeks I have realized what and amazing school that I go to. I couldn’t have asked for better professors, roommates, friends, resident life staff, student life staff, office staff, and everything else that Providence has to offer. I have grown to love my Lord and Savior more and more as the days go by and learned the importance of being firmly grounded in all aspects of life.

As Calvary Reformed always says, “God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.”

Back Again

As most of you know, I am back at school again and just started my 3rd semester at Providence. I am enjoying being back after a wonderful Christmas break at home. I really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. It was a great time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Along with all the different Christmas celebrations, I had the privilege to attend 2 weddings. The first one was for Julie Vanden Heuvel, a staff member at Providence. The wedding was gorgeous and it was fun to see her and Steve so happy. The 2nd wedding was for Kassi Weerheim and Darren Van Vliet. Kassi and I have been friends since we were three and have always enjoyed hanging out when I am home. Kassi and Darren’s wedding was absolutely beautiful, Kassi looked stunning in her princess like dress and Darren had a smile on his face all night.

I got back to school on Monday, January 5 in early afternoon. I was excited to get back to school because my friend Meg was still in town visiting her boyfriend/fiancé. That night a group of us went bowling which was a lot of fun. I talked to Meg a lot about her wedding and other plans. Brian and Meg are getting married this summer on August 14. I am very excited to go up to Washington this summer to see them get married.

The rest of this week has been pretty relaxed. I started my classes and received all of my syllabi. Right now I am not too overwhelmed with my class load this semester. I am really excited for my Educational Psychology class. It seems like it’s going to be very interesting class and that I will learn a lot. I am looking forward to getting more in depth. I am still working in the Café (Providence Kitchen) this semester and working at my church once every other Thursday for the MOPs program. It will most likely be a pretty busy semester.

Friday was Benjamin’s 17th birthday. I can’t believe it. My family went to RC’s homecoming and then Ben had friends over afterwards for a birthday party. On Saturday, Ben had homecoming and Winter Banquet. It was hard not be home to see him go off all dressed in his suit.