The Lord has continually laid this verse on my heart this summer. Sometimes life can be like a roller coaster, we have our high moments and our low moments and life is usually unpredictable. This has definitely been true in my life, I have had some amazing high moments and some really hard low moments. But through it all, I know the Lord has been with me. He has reminded me this summer that when I am truly seeking Him through His word and prayer, His will is going to be done in my life. He is in control of it all! Despite my circumstances he commands me to be joyful and thankful.
I am so excited for the journey that God is leading me on. God has raised all of the financial support I need to be an intern with Campus Crusade for Christ, so I am now starting to work with our staff team at EKU to plan for this next year. I know that this is God's will for me and I am so excited to see what He does in my life and throughout our campus this year.
This past week I was reminded at how precious life truly is. One of my friends, Hillary Hadley, was killed in a car accident on August 11. She was a leader in our CRU ministry and her passion and love for the Lord showed in everything that she did. Even though it's so hard to understand why things like this happen, I know that I serve a God who is faithful, loving and compassionate. I am so thankful for the assurance that Hillary is with our Savior right now and I know she is so joyful and excited. Hillary was not a Christian when she came to college. She got involved with a Campus Crusade for Christ bible study and that is when Christ changed her life forever. This is such a huge motivation for me to reach out to everyone that the Lord brings into my life. We never know who we can have an eternal impact on, and I pray that God would daily remind me and all other believers that when we share the truth about Christ, we are sharing life with other people! I love the Steven Curtis Chapman song that says "Out of these ashes, beauty will rise" and I pray that we see the truth of this through these circumstances. I pray that God would use Hillary's death just like He used her life, to draw people closer to Him.
Please pray for Hillary's family, friends, and her boyfriend Nick!
