Ya know, I was just thinking how much I did NOT take advantage of my high school years. I kind of regret that.... I wasn't involved as much as I could have been, and I didn't try as hard in my classes as I should have maybe. It kind of saddens me that I was like that.  Even though I did fairly well with grades in highschool, and even though I was involved some, I wasn't as much as other people were and I didn't put myself out there. Thankfully I am trying my best to make the most of my college years, and hopefully I will take advantage of the opportunities I have presented to me.  I really want to go to the City of Children with Lipscomb next year. I never went with the youth group in high school because I always had dance team camp and practice, or family things that conflicted with me going. I also would love to go to Camp Shiloh and Baja, Mexico. wow, there are so many mission opportunities and so many service opportunities....i really want to just grasp a hold of all of them.... but I guess God will do what he wants in my life and it's not for me to decide. I know God knows my heart and that's all that counts, but I just so desire to make a difference and to be a light to the world and to hopefully influence those around me as well. I just want people to see my heart and know that it is a heart that wants to do good and that loves God and loves my fellow man.

"In the same way, let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven."  Matthew 5:16

"be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children, and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1-2