Day 32 - 35: Vision

Ok. I'm sorry everyone. I've been busy and haven't been able to write. You already know all my excuses so I just won't write them out because that is pointless. I'm just sorry. :) I love you all very much and I hate to disappoint you by not writing everyday. I promise to try harder to write more often because if you are reading this then you probably actually care about me.

So I'll be honest and say that I am not totally inspired today. However, the speaker in chapel today said something crazy and I would like to quote it for you. Just as a side note, I am German. This speaker was German. But he had the crazy, thick German accent and it was pretty cool. So just imagine me telling you this in a crazy, thick German accent.

"God will honor your vision if your vision is honorable"

Pretty sweet, right? So I think to myself, what is my vision? I guess I don't know if I really have one yet. I'm working on it. Maybe not everyone needs to have their life totally sorted out. I want to just let God lead me but I'll be honest and say that it's scary sometimes.

But hey...I serve an awesome God who's got the best plan for me. I might as well try and figure out what that is and then just be crazy happy, right?

I love you guys. Thanks for reading my blog. Hope you like it. If you don't, thanks for reading anyways, even if you might want to pull your hair out. :)

Day 31: Joy

You know what, friends? I really love Liberty. So far I really enjoy all my classes and the friends I have are excellent. I just feel at peace about my life right now and I'm truly glad that I am at Liberty University.

The weather has been rainy and snowy which makes my poor little knee hurt something fierce. Early arthritis? Maybe. Just kidding. I'm fine, really. haha :)

Anyways, besides the weather being gloomy, I see myself finding joy in the little things. Such as meeting new friends and discussing everything under the sun because talking is fun to do. Or going to the basketball games and watching our team win at the buzzer.

It's little things like that that get me through my days here. School is hard. Drama happens. It rains on my fabulous hair (just kidding :). Stuff happens that can darken my day.

I'm not going to let it get me down! There is so much joy to be found in the little things and it's a great feeling.

Day 29: Parents

This post is going to be a little different, due to the fact that I am writing it in the middle of the afternoon instead of the middle of the night. I was inspired so I guess I should let it out, right?

What I want to write about now is my parents. I love them! I don't think I have told them lately how thankful I am for their love and support. They have supported me in every way possible. They even stuck with me when the last thing I wanted was to talk to them about my life. I probably will never know how badly I hurt them but I definitely know it was a deep hurt.

My parents raised me phenomenally. I see so much of myself in each of them. It is so awesome to pin-point which parent I got a certain feature from. I got my love for writing and animals from my mom. I got my sense of humor (that gets me in trouble sometimes!) and my semi-nerdy computer skills from my dad.

I'm so glad that my parents are the parents God blessed me with. They really are great :)

Since I know my mom will read this, I want to say that I am not writing this because I am going to ask you to buy me something. Promise :) I really love you guys and just wanted to tell you and tell the whole wide world!

Day 26: Basketball

Confession time!

I miss playing basketball. I really really really do. I had such a blast! I know I can't play anymore because of my knee and whatnot, and I really don't have time to commit to it of course. I just wish I could play more often.

I think I will try and make it a habit of going to the gym more often! First of all, I really want to get in better shape. Second, it will give me a chance to get my shot back ;)

Another confession for you.

I absolutely love watching Liberty basketball!!! I have gone to every home game so far and I seriously can't get enough. It's such a good time and always fun to get away from the books for a couple hours.

The next game is Monday night and my friend Vanessa and I are going to go. There is a boy's game on Thursday and Saturday. We will go to both. :)

Anyways, nothing inspiring tonight. I'm tired from the week and I have another one ahead of me that will be a long one as well. I just wanted to tell you something about myself. :)

Goodnight, friends.

Day 23: Continued

Dear Future Husband,

I love you. I pray for you everyday. I hope you're really really awesome. I can't wait to meet you! :)

Love,

Courtney

Day 23: Praise

You guys have NO idea how happy I am right now! First of all, I have been reading my Daily Bible every night before I go to bed and every time God speaks to me through several verses. I write them in my journal along with a little prayer and just some thoughts about the verses.

I know God has blessed me so much in life. But honestly, I have never felt so "connected" you could say. Some people are able to just hear the voice of God in their mind and know exactly what He wants. But for me, it really has just started this last couple weeks. Especially when I read my Bible every night.

Tonight was absolutely amazing. I went to supper with my friend Vanessa and we had an amazing talk about life and just things that are close to our hearts. After that, Vanessa was going to meet her other girlfriend at campus church. I was thinking, "well I have a speech to finish and so I don't need to go to church".

Well, I just really felt that I needed to go. I didn't really know why, I just felt that tugging on my heart. I'm really glad I went. You have NO idea. God spoke to me in a very powerful way about the sin in my life and how God loves me no matter what and how I can let it go to God and move on with my life. IT'S AMAZING.

I'm just really happy, you guys. I just feel like things are going well and I've never heard and seen God speak to me like He has. It's going to be a good semester.

Actually, it will be fabulous. :)

Day 21: Continued

Dear Husband,

How are classes going for you? I hope you are loving where you are in life :)

Love you :D

- Courtney