April Fools Day!

Hey Everyone!

It's April 1st!!! Woo-hoo! I know it's been awhile since I last wrote, and I apologize. It's been very, very busy time for me. (Although I'm sure I could have found time to write in my blog at one point or another if I were being completely honest.) I just finished spring break last week, and it was an amazing time! I went home for the weekend where I got to spend time with my wonderful family and see my little baby brother Keegan again. :) Then on Monday, I flew to California by myself (You can see pics on facebook!), and stayed with my grandparents on my mom's side. It was a lot of fun. I did things I hadn't done it awhile. I went to the beach (Too cold to swim though. :( ), went and hiked at my dad's thinking spot at Malaga Cove near Palos Verdes, went on a Metro adventure with my grandpa Rich, and saw a few friends! :) Oh, and I ate. Yeah, a lot of good stuff. In and Out, El Polo Inca, Del Taco, Panda Express, my grandma's cooking, ect... I love to eat!

This week I am taking part in this 1 Month 2 Live event here at GCSU. Basically it's a month long thing where you get challenged every day to grow in the Lord. Today's challenge is to drink nothing but water for the next two weeks. This won't be too difficult for me since I drink water the most anyways. I don't have any weird caffeine fixations a lot of people have. The tough one for me was yesterday's challenge. Giving something up for the whole month. I gave up sweets. Now if you know me, you know I LOVE sweets. Candy, brownies, pies, candy bars... I could go on! And they're so readily available here too. Every vending machine, Saga, and even my own dorm boast of wonderfully sweet things that make my mouth water. But just writing this tells me that I do think way too much about sweet things, and that God takes second place when I want chocolate or have a sweet tooth fixation. Is this challenge going to be easy? Definitely NOT. Will it be worth it? Oh yeah.

I have a good feeling about this month. It's going to be filled with difficulties, but when I come out of it, I'll be all the stronger in my faith. But I must admit going into it, I wasn't all that thrilled. I had done stuff like this before, and basically I was thinking that it wouldn't affect me at all because I've grown above this kind of stuff. MAJOR pride issues. But God is good, and He knows just what I need to grow stronger in Him, even if it means pushing my pride aside. I also learned at Campus Outreach last night, that if I am worrying, it's a source of pride! You're depending on yourself, not God. That made me also take a step back and look at all the worrying I've been doing recently. So many tests to take, papers to write, and just stuff to do! People tell me I'm smart, but I know that I would be NOTHING without God. Nothing. He's the one that pulled me through high school, and He's the one pulling me through now. It's hard having a servant's heart at times, but I'm praying right now that God will give me a heart that beats for Him and allows me to put others needs before my own. There's still a lot to learn for me, but I'm looking forward to it! :D

Peace to you all!

Keri Lynn