Love never fails.

Today in kids church (I'm a leader, don't worry, haha) we learned all about loving everyone. Our theme verse has been Luke 10:27, which basically says to love the Lord with everything you have and love everyone the way you love yourself. First off, let me just mention that sometimes I get so much out of the lessons we teach these kids. I realize that sometimes it is SO hard to love certain people. But God didn't say to love only a few people. He said that we need to love everyone. No exceptions. The way that I think about it is that we probably get on God's nerves all the times, just because we're always messing up, but in the end, He loves us sooo ridiculously much. Who are we to receive that love and then tell others that they aren't good enough to receive our love? Also, when you decide to be mean to someone, or not love them, you are deciding not to love one of God's creations-- better yet, one of His children.. I don't know about you, but I do not want to mess with one of God's kids. He probably wouldn't like that too much. When I think about loving people, I automatically think of my INCREDIBLE family and friends. He has blessed me so richly, and I forget it so often. It always bothers me when I fall short of His expectations and the expectations of those I care about. It really does. I get impatient with people sometimes and inside, I always wonder why I can't just have more tolerance. I have this incredible tolerance for kids, but for some reason, it doesn't always hold over to the people I care about most in the world. I want to be that beautiful, kind, patient woman that God created me to be-- I always have to remind myself that it is a process and that someday (hopefully) I'll grow into that.

Today's generation just makes me sad.. Literally. It feels like the media, and just the world in general, are robbing people of the friendships and intimacies that we were created for. Worst of all, we are being robbed of our innocence earlier and earlier. We live in an upside down world that lives according to what feels good and what works best for us, often forgetting what God's intentions are for our lives. Pray, people! We need an awakening! Something that will shake our society up and get us going for God! AHHH. It drives me nuts. I mean, I'm not saying I'm perfect by any means, and I am definitely not saying I'm any better than the world, but where did our motivation to be like God go??? We need to stop getting so distracted by the busy world around us and get focused on the big picture. Eternity. Make God proud, people.
Love God. Love People.

Oh, and I totally didn't mean to preach. Like I said, this is just a blog for my thoughts. Hope I didn't offend anybody :)

I think I'm done for the night. Nighty night :D

Wowsers.

Hm. Can't believe I'm going to start blogging! But, I have decided that I have far too much going on in my head to just keep it in. Even if nobody ever reads this, haha, I think it will be an adventure. Thoughts.. Gosh. I have a million a minute. Right now, I can't help but think about the future. What I want to do with my life more than anything is be a teacher. It is just so rewarding and I love seeing that lightbulb moment when kids learn something. The only thing that scares me is wondering if I'll actually be able to get a teaching job or not NEXT YEAR!? Oh my goodness. I can't believe I only have one year left at Auburn. Am I ready to be a real grown up? I guess I'm just hoping that everything I've been learning here is going to help me get a job and be a good teacher in the future. I also really want to know for sure that this is the career that God wants me to follow. I feel in my heart every time that I teach, or every time that I'm leading kids, that it is what I'm meant to do, so in a way I take that as confirmation, but it's still unnerving to think that God has another plan for my life and I'm taking my own way. Can you see why I am trying to Blog? My mind has so much scrambled up in it that I just need to write and get some of it out. Sometimes I think so much it keeps me from sleeping, which is never good, because then I just turn into a cranky pants. Trust me, you don't want to see that side of me. Speaking of not getting enough sleep, I just looked at the clock. Goodness gracious. Time flies when your mind never seems to stop. Better go to bed. Until next time, nighty night!