The Blessing

"I can feel your presence here with me. Suddenly I'm lost within your beauty. Caught up in the wonder of your touch. Here in this moment I surrender to your love."
-Mercy Me

"You spoke and made the sunrise, to light up the very first day. You breathed across the water, and started the very first wave....It was you. You make all things new. You redeem and You transform, You renew and You restore, You make all thinks new and forever we will watch and worship you."
-Stephen Curtis Chapman

Those two quotes pretty much sum up all that I have experienced in the past month. I was laying on a beach in St. Thomas, surrounded with the beauty of God's creation when I stumbled across those two songs on my ipod. I couldn't believe how much they applied to my life at that moment.

In the past month I have gotten to experience quality time with good friends, spending time in God's amazing creation, visiting our country's capital, making new friends, getting reaquainted with old friends, spending time with my family, and just being myself and enjoying life. Coming up on the agenda: more fun things!

In a week I get to go back to the beach with my family and then go up to Impact in Nashville for three days to take care of Cameron, Carson, and Cambridge, my youth minister's children. I am looking forward to this because I get to experience Impact and spend time with their family before they move away to Australia. Then, with July comes more time with friends (hopefully some will come visit me) and my mission trip to New York City!! I am going to chaperone the youth group trip to Camp Shiloh, a christian camp for the inner city children of the Bronx. It is awesome and I am so so excited that I get to go! With August comes the nausiating, sickening feeling and dread of starting back to school. We won't think about that now.

God bless the summer and God has truly blessed me this summer. I am very very thankful!