It's been a month since I posted on here... man time flies... I got a sweet job, the semester is almost over, and I am slowly but surely growing up.
This break has been crazy.. drove to Cedar Rapids for 24ish hours, drove to Ames for 36ish hours.. drove to Chicago for the weekend and then back to Marion, IN. :) how do you spell that... C R A Z Y
Anyhow, since I am a feeler here's the way tonight went. I drove with my sis and dad for 6 hours.. talked to Bjo along the way. Thought since I had been praying for God to take His daughter home and end the pain, that I wouldn't have to go through the grieving process. When I showed up at the funeral, I walked into a sea of people i kinda knew. Then I saw Elly, beautiful lively Elly lying in a casket not with us anymore, but it was a weird feeling. Tears came, but she looked at peace. She's not with us anymore. She's dancing and singing for Jesus. What a beautiful thing to see a woman who was 76 years old who worked till 2 months before she died and the only reason she stopped was because of the cancer. She strove to love people everyday of her life. She taught kids in a district of Chicago that teacher don't want to teach in. But Elly didn't view stuff like that.. she said, "EVERY CHILD CAN READ." and she taught the one's to read that "couldn't ever" read. it's going to be amazing tomorrow to go to a funeral full of people that were touched by one woman's life. She's not famous or a big name, but she WILL be remembered. Elly Taheny is a woman that will always be a role model for me. I desire to love people like Jesus and Elly showed that its possible to love the unlovable.
"God let that be so in my life. Let me love the people that are overlooked, the "ugly ones", the fat ones, the weird ones, the geeks, the judged people of this Earth of this country. Father, I want to be a woman after your heart. A woman that touches people with your Spirit. Move through me please. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen."

I believe in dreaming big. I believe in God directing my path. I believe God has a plan and reason for each step we take. I believe that I need to obey in the little things and I believe God will make a way for that to be possible.

God has seriously blessed me this semester beyond what I could have ever imagined. i'm not sure I want to write about it quite yet, but I can sure share about it. God's plan is greater than ours even when his plan sounds crazy. Follow... He is the Shepard.