*so i was at church the other night... and for some strange reason i was reading the bulitin (strange... b/c everyone at church knows that i always politely take one... but never actually open it)... and i was reading over the prayer list... and i saw my name! which was also strange... it was a request to pray for my freshman year... i thought that was sooo sweet.... that my church family loved me enough to put me on the list... and then it hit me... their prayers for this last semester were answered... b/c all that i got accomplished sooo wasn't me... and the fact that i wasn't home sick... and how much God really blessed me... God blessed me soo much and gave me all kinds of grace... mainly for the reason that people prayed for me. awe!!! that really choked me up! ahh! it's soo awesome!

*thought for the day... "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." (Romans 8:6) this was in my devos today... and i really made me think about how as Christians.. when we focus on the world... and we focus on material things... or we lust after what we don't have... it kills us spiritually... but when we focus on the things that can't be touched... when we seek to serve those around us... and just seek after spiritual things insted of worldly things... we become spiritaully alive... and we find the peace. how awesome is that? and it just made me take a step back... and think about all the things that just kill me spiritually. it was really just a good heart check for me... so i thought i'd share it with you guys... maybe it means nothing to you... but maybe it's something you need to hear to. anyways... it's late. night guys! ~Hope