What have I been doing with my time? you might wonder. To be honest, I oftentimes ask myself that same question. When I’m at school my minutes seem to turn into hours which turn into days which turn into months. I’m not really sure how it got to be nearly January but it has and I’m thankful for it. This past semester was by far my hardest, academically, and I made it through…with my best “report card” to date. Go figure.

Beyond academics, though, it has been a busy semester. Between all of the homework and papers I try to find time to sleep, be with God, be with my friends, figure out what next year is going to look like for me–a college graduate, yikes!–and you know, the normal stuff that goes with “college life.”

I have been blessed beyond measure, though. Despite the long nights, and hard conversations, it has been sweet. Being a senior has made me a bit nostalgic as I tell the freshmen on my hall what college is like. Remembering all of the times I got into trouble with student development, the craziness that I was my freshmen and sophomore year (and still am?), and the friends that have accompanied me along the way. It really is ridiculous when I think about all of the people I have met, loved, and done life with at Covenant. Some of them have graduated, some are younger than me, and some are in the battle of senior year with me.

I am so SO thankful. This time of the year always seems to make me look up from my homework and busy-ness and to reflect on how gracious God truly is.

Being at home has been sweet, to say the least. Working my way through Romans, journaling through each chapter, finishing up my Senior Integration Paper (SIP), and training for a 1/2 marathon…it’s been good to be home.

I leave for Passion on January 1st and I am PUMPED! It stinks to leave home so early but Passion is going to be a sweet time of refreshment right before I head into my last semester. Plus, I am going with a bunch of close friends…it’ll be a great time.

Just wanted to drop in and say “hello” and that I am planning on writing up a few posts about what the Lord has been teaching and pressing on my heart through Romans. Suffice it to say that I love this book and the rich, rich doctrine that Paul proclaims.

love you all!

“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under the law but under grace.” Romans 6:12-14