New Beginnings

Posted by Morgan
Well guys, here's to another semester. I can't believe I'm in my junior year already, and let me just say that I could not have in a million years predicted that this semester would start off the way it has. God is definitely doing something. Now, what He's doing is a whole other story entirely, and I honestly have no idea what it is. What I do know is that the Lord is faithful and that He loves me.

The year started off with a major housing problem, and I'm going to skip the details, mainly because they just aren't important. But what is important is the fact that God is stretching me - now did I mention that when He does that it's not exactly comfortable?....yeah. And then the day after all of the housing drama happens, I find out one of my closest friends isn't coming back to school this year. Yeah, talk about fun way to start the semester.

Sometimes when my life goes so obviously different than I had originally planned or hoped for I just look up and go, "God, really? What the heck?!" And then as always, that comforting, quiet, still, small voice would say, "I'm in control and I'm taking care of you. This is what's best. You know this." I realized the other day a prayer that I had prayed, and I realized that the Lord was answering it. But I said, "God, I know I asked for this, but this is NOT what I had in mind!" I forget, quite a lot actually, that the answers to my prayers won't necessarily look like I think they will. And sometimes, I get frustrated with that, but the Lord knows best, and He is good.

So what's the semester shaping up to be? A semester of new beginnings. No seriously, it truly is. Every comfort, every safety net, every single thing that I held on to for security, other than the Lord, has been slowly [and quickly] pulled away. So what is left? Just to rely on the Lord. On His strength and His power to get me through this semester...and next semester, and the one after that and the one after that. 

But thankfully, even though the Lord has temporarily [or permanently, not sure which] removed some things from my life, He has given me something as well. I have a precious, precious friend who is walking with me through all of this. We are walking through this journey at Lee together. The road in front of each of us is full of challenges, but we are both well aware that the Lord has purpose in it all, and that is what we are holding to.

Thank the Lord for small blessings that aren't actually that small at all. :) 

Singing Harmony,
Morgan
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India

Posted by Morgan

Well, I don't have a bunch of National Geographic pictures to accompany this post. I don't have fancy words or some beautiful and eloquent outline planned in my head. What I do have is an overwhelming sense of compassion, love, and justice. 

India is calling me guys. I want to go and I want to go now. I know people who have gone and people who are going over to India to help get girls out of the sex-trafficking industry and helping them cope with the hurt and pain that comes with what they've been through. And right now my heart cries to the Lord, "SEND ME NOW!". I want to go. I want to serve and I want to share the love of Christ and the power of his name with girls who are hurt and broken. I want them to know the redeeming power of God. I want them to be free of that bondage and the baggage. I want to share truth with them and I want to love on them. I want to serve the Lord. 

I am so DONE with American culture. It honestly drive me crazy. I hate facebook. I truly do. I wish I could get rid of it and still successfully communicate with all the people I need to right now, but I can't. I tried. I hate how selfish I can be. I hate how consumer driven our country is. It's all about what can I gain, what can I get, what I can do. Well dear friends, this life is not about you OR what you want. It's about the Lord and His purpose for you. And yes, I want to go to India because I feel like the Lord has given me a love and a heart for the hurting and I want to use the gifts He's given me for His glory.

I want to go and I want to go now. I wish the Lord was telling me to NOT go to school on Sunday and pack up and head off to India for the next 6 months. That would be incredible. But that's not what He's saying, and as I have learned over and over, the Lord's timing is perfect and it is the best. So I will wait - but when He says go, I am ready.
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God is SO good

Posted by Morgan
Let me just say that God is so good. This week has gone so much better than I thought it would and God has done three awesome things. 

The week started off with LOTS of studying for my last two tests in college algebra. And just so you know, I strongly dislike algebra. I had my last week of work, which I successfully completed! I also got my roommate and suitemate assignments for this fall :) I was worried about all three of these things, and let me just say AGAIN, God is SO good! 

Algebra: I made a 100 on one of my tests and I passed the class with an A. I was floored. God cares about even the smallest things in our lives. When we work hard and truly desire to do things for the Lord's glory. He is faithful. One of my friends said that she felt silly praying for a test for me, but she did, and when I told her I made a 100 on that test, she celebrated with me! It was really awesome to see hard work and dedication pay off, God is so faithful.

Work: My biggest thing with this job has been wanting to be a light in that office. To put it in someone else's words, I am "in the thick of the world". I have been surrounded by more non-christians this summer than I ever have before. The Lord has been showing me that my actions truly do speak about who I am. I always knew this, and I firmly believed this, but I have truly seen this summer how my actions can be just as powerful, if not more powerful as my words. During this past week I really do believe I finished strong. In the middle of the week, a girl that I have been a D-Now leader for came in for her appointment. I went over to say hey and she was like "Morgan?!?!?" and the assistant told her she could get up and come say hi. We talked for a few and that was really all. Later that day in the hall that same assistant said something to me in front of several of the ladies who are obviously not christians. She said that I am doing an amazing job - in all area. She said that it was obvious by the girls reaction that I have impacted her. She said you will never know how you've changed her life forever.


The phrasing she used stuck me instantly. What she said, about never knowing how I've changed her life forever, was something I had heard before....from 2 other people. As my last few weeks of work have been approaching I've shared my concerns and desire to shine for Lord with a few people. On two separate occasions someone told me that I may never know how I've changed my co-workers lives forever. I finished strong, and God is so so good!


Roommate and Suitemates: I'm going to spare you the details, but I had a roommate for the fall and then one day I didn't. So I knew I would be paired with 3 random girls. Let me just say that when I first found out about this, I was less than thrilled. My roommate is from Brazil, and if you don't know, Brazil holds a very special place in my heart. Well to be more accurate, part of my heart is in Brazil. But I cannot get off on that tangent, this post would become a novel in no time. :) She seems like a very precious girl. She's a few years older than me, but she is transferring into Lee not knowing anyone. I know that God has placed me as her roommate for a reason. I'm excited to pour into her life in any way that God shows me I can and should.


My suitemates seem like precious girls! They are long-time friends and they are from a city north of Atlanta! It's kind of unreal that I will be moving in 2 weeks from today!! I'm excited to get back and meet these girls. They seem like really quality people and I pray that the transition goes smoothly. But I have a good feeling about this. :)


Tonight, my heart just overflows with God's joy. I feel like putting a million smiley faces down right now, but even then, I feel like that wouldn't quite do this joy justice. Oh my, God is so so SO good!! :) :)


Singing Harmony,
Morgan
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