Day Two..

     Well today is the second day of the semester and it is going to be long. BUT I will have hope in HIM! :) We all live really busy and crazy lives, that is just reality. Although each of our "busy-ness" may seem crazy and others don't see it as that we all need to face it, everyone is busy.
     But during our busy lives it is always good to find some relief, a time where we can get away from the norm and escape for just a few minutes. I do this through reading. I love to read! If I could I would read all day everyday, but that probably won't ever happen. Anyways, I have been reading a fiction book lately and it's about fear. It may sound kinda silly but it's nice to see how "someone else" gets through it so I can be assured that I can get through it too. God has been showing me so much lately that being scared or hiding in fear doesn't hurt anyone but myself. It doesn't bring anyone down but me and it holds me personally back from a life of excitement and joy in Him.
     Yesterday I was having a "poor me" day and feeling bad for myself pretty much all day. I drug myself off the couch and went to church knowing the whole 2 minute drive there that I needed to ask Him for forgiveness for my attitude (which I did don't worry). I thought that once I got there the sermon would of course be about good attitudes because I most definitely did not have one.. But the sermon ended up being about Jonah and how he was fearful of going to Nineveh and then how we was mad that people got saved because he didn't want them to because he didn't think they deserved it.
     It hit home. I just sat in my pew reflecting on my life and how I say I am willing to go anywhere but I always associate that with going outside of the country but here it the thing, God wants everyone to be reached with the Gospel; and that includes the United States. I do not know where God has called me to but for now He has called me to here. He has called me to my country and I need to start listening.
     My challenge to you is the same challenge I am giving myself: No matter where you are and no matter who is around you, talk to them. Talk to them about the Gospel because no matter how dirty or messed up or broken they are, there is a Savior who wants to heal them and bring them to Him.

     Have a fabulous day!! -EmilyAnn