it is good!

I haven't blogged in awhile, so I apologize to those who actually read this and are saddened by my lack of consistency with my blog. Anyway, I'm going to keep this short and brief but this week has been nothing but complete atonement for me. This past weekend I had the opportunity to go to winter camp up at Forest Home, and that alone was just so refreshing. I came home feeling a sense of complete renewal and salvation, and right away knew I wanted to actually make changes "coming down the mountain". The theme was reflection and how the way we love others reflects God's image (1 John 3:16-20). The first day or so, I wasn't feeling spiritually filled or satisfied like I had felt in previous years. But by Saturday night (after praying that God would reveal himself to me), I felt this incredible closeness and intimacy with God that I hadn't experienced in awhile. I was singing at the top of my lungs to the point where I couldn't even hear others singing! It was truly amazing. If you want to hear more in-depth details, then just ask me. I'd love to talk more with you.

On a different note, yesterday was also a great day of celebration and reflection on God's blessings in my life. I found out I boosted my grade in American Literature to an A, which was quite exciting. I also was invited to a Global Leadership Conference that took place today during second period. A limited number of juniors (about 15 or so), were chosen to be a part of this experience and I didn't realize how big of a deal it actually was until I arrived. We got there and were split up into groups of 4 or 5 people, and did a bunch of little exercises testing our inner-leadership talents. It was an eye-opening process that we all fortunately got to participate in. The speaker (Carole Harder) was a Christian so it was definitely really easy to cope with her :) Global Leadership Connection is an organization that basically seeks out youth leaders in our society and brings them all together to help bring about a better future for us all. It really is an awesome program as cheesy as it sounds. They actually award scholarship money and an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. so tonight, I actually have an interview with them (that I am pretty nervous about), but at the same time am so stoked to talk about the ethical conduct in our world and link that with my spirituality! Should be a sweet time of great conversation and reflection of who I actually am and how I want to make an impact on the world. Prayer is quite acceptable, thank you :) Oh and one last thing! Listen to the song, The Words I Would Say by Sidewalk Prophets---soo good! Have a great week!