Something New

"This could be the start of something new, it feels so right to be here with you. And now, lookin in your eyes, I feel in my heart the start of something new." Gabriella in HSM

Finally some new challenges face me.
I am learning to be more open about my faith to others, and I'm planning on going on my first mission trip this Spring Break, Lord willing.
This is brand new to me.

Yesterday,
I asked God to help me while going through Soularium card training. (an evangalism tool)
At first I was weary to use these cards to reach someone, then I realized that the cards don't do the work for you, they just start conversations.
After some practice and the training was over, God opened a HUGE door.

My friend Megan and I came back to my room, and ran into my Korean roommate.
She asked us where we had been and what we were doing, and that's all it took.
Within minutes we were sitting at my living room table going through the cards and questions.
To make a wonderful, long story short, she didn't know how to pray, so we helped her, and she accepted Jesus Christ last night. PRAISE THE LORD!
I'm so happy that I was able to experience and help with the process. I had a freebie pocket bible in my room that I quickly ran to get and put her name in it, because she didn't have one of her own. She is eager, and that is so encouraging.

God used me.
In a way I was scared of, and new too.
He is preparing me for my trip, and I thank him so much.

I can't wait to spend ETERNITY in Heaven with my roommate Hye Yun.

I titled this post as Something New, because other things in my life are new too.
New interests,
new joy,
new hope,
and a new me.

This is the feeling I have been praying for,
I was in a rut with all of my school work and distractions.

I'm very excited to walk through some of the other doors what God has opened, that I have not mentioned yet, because I want them to go perfectly.
One makes my heart sing.
One brings me new Joy.

Prayer and faith has brought me to where I am, and it all started for me a time ago, the same way it started for Hye Yun last night.

Wow. I think I like New things.

Isiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid,
the Lord, the LORD, is my strenth and my song;
He has become my salvation.

Reoccurring Themes

There's been a reoccurring theme within my posts, if you can't tell.
1. Faith and my struggle with trusting in the Lord and doubting myself.
2. Being distracted by the male race, and trying to find Mr. Perfect, or "The ONE."
3. Trying too hard to be accepted, and caring too much about my appearance.

I'm upset to admit that those are the same things that challenge me today.

I am trying to trust that God has a bigger plan for me than I have for myself, and I need to be patient. Once I wait long enough, I'm sure the Lord will show me that I will need to sacrifice my plans for His plans.

I'm still hung up on the idea of not knowing when I may meet "the man of my dreams" and thinking he could be anywhere. My girlfriends tell me that he will find me, and I don't need to be looking, but I can't help being hopeful, and too optimistic.

I've met guys that I think are really great. I mean really really great. They are everything I want. They are men of God, respect women, have big dreams, talent, ethics and morals, determination, and funny. They are so much more than those things, but I'll try to keep it short. They are not MY someone, but they are someone's someone. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I guess it reassures me that there really are some great guys left out there girls. I just haven't found MINE yet. At least, I don't know it yet.

Lastly, I still find myself primping every morning...for no reason other than to look my best "just in case" I meet "THE ONE" today. Because, afterall you never know right?

It's all silly, and it all occupies my mind. They are my distractions. They keep me from being the Confident-trusting-forviging-respectable-down-to-earth woman I want to be.

I will be.

The meaning of the title of this blog "Wrapped Up" is exactly what I want to be.

A woman so wrapped up in God that people have to see Him first to see me.