Christ Alone

so my school is going through a galatians study, so i've been reading galatians for devotions.

the other day i was just browsing on my computer, and i realized i haven't been to shereadstruth.com lately.

so i decided to see what devotion plan they are doing... 

and it just so happens they are doing a galatians study right now too! 

so i'm pretty sure God wants me to be all up in galatians right now.

and let me just tell you-- it's been so encouraging and convicting!

today i read in galatians 3:1-14.

verse 11 says,

now it is evident that no one is justified by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith"

ohhhh mann.. how many times do i feel like i need to be justified by works? 

i think to myself, "you know, i'm doing good right? i've not done anything too terrible."

uhmmmmm... WHAT? 

i am not justified by anything that i have done. i am not justified by my good out weighing my bad. 

i am justified by Christ's blood, ALONE.

as she reads truth puts it... the game of works is over. we are just called to believe and have faith in Christ's work on the cross.

faith in Jesus>works.

First Cup of Coffee EVER.

so i'm a tea drinker.

i looove tea, but lately, i've been super busy at college 

and on some days i work until midnight and still have to wake up at 5:45. 

yup, pretty crazy. but sometimes i feel just sooo tired. 

so i decided to turn to the dark side and get some coffee.

i have a keurig that i just used for tea, but now it's been polluted by coffee goodness.

i used to hate coffee. but i just made my first cup. 

and i can now say that i AM a coffee drinker. 

oh no.

Worship

i feel like sometimes God just puts certain thoughts into our minds.

the other day i all the sudden got super convicted.

i wasn't listening to a sermon.

i wasn't listening to a song.

i wasn't reading the Bible at the time.

i was just chilling, doing homework. then i just became convicted about how i worship.

almost everyday i sing in chapel, but how many of those songs do i just sing flippantly?

is it really worship if there's no feeling, no conviction,  nothing behind the words i am singing?

i had to stop and think about this for a little bit, and the answer i came up with is no, it's not worship.

i am commanded to worship the Lord.

psalm 29:2 (ESV)
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

psalm 99:5 (ESV)
Exalt the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool!
Holy is he!

psalm 45:10 (NKJV)
Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;
¹¹ So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, worship Him.

there are a lot more verses commanding us to worship Him. but these are just a few that stood out to me. 

singing isn't the only form of worship, but it is a form, 

and it is the form that i was extremely convicted about.

psalm 150 (ESV)

Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!  Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him withstrings and pipe!  Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

psalm 59:16 (ESV)

But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress, and a refuge in the day of my distress.

john 4:23 (ESV)

But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

basically, in short, i now realize that worship is necessary, it's a command. there's not to worship or not to worship-- there is only worship, and worship whole-heartedly.

and i need to actually be worshiping, especially when i'm with other believers and the whole point of our getting together is to worship Him. 

i have come to the conclusion that if i'm just singing the words to a song while i'm thinking about what's going on the rest of the day or what have you--that's not worship. 

i pray that God will change me, and make me able to worship Him how He intended me to.

*boldness/italicized-ness of words in verses was added by me.

just a little bit of hair talk

my hair has been through a lot of different styles 

and probably even more colors. 

what can i say... i love change. 

i get bored with my hair super easily. 

as you will see.

i'll take you through my hair dying history in a few pictures.

and now i'm over this whole natural blonde look. 

so i went to pinterest and put "hair dye" in the search bar.

some pretty sweet pictures came up. one of which was this...

i think i'm in love with her hair.

i decided this will be my new look.

i will be dying my hair this weekend... i'll make a post after.

stay tuned. ;)

Hello World Hope You're Listenin

Hey World!

just a little intro to this blog...

i love blogs. i am a total blog stalker.  

i discovered pinterest a while back which then led me to many awesome blogs, 

let me just say, i'm hooked. people are so interesting; 

everybody has a niche out there. i'm hoping to find mine soon.

 basically, this blog is dedicated to new adventures in my life. 

i recently started college; i love it, but i needed a place where i could share 

all of my new experiences. 

so sit back and enjoy all of this college life craziness. 

here's to new beginnings.