I'm a new creation.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; 

the old has gone, the new has come! 

2 Corinthians 5:17

I am a new creation in Christ. My old, wretched, torn-up life means nothing because He covers me with His love (and more appropriately, His blood). We should live as new creations, not clinging on to our past lives with the sins and muck, but press forward in pursuing righteousness and holiness. And not righteousness as in "holier than thou" but righteousness as in making it our primary goal to act out the most important commandments: 1) Love God. 2) Love others. 

This is what I've solely meditating on this past week. 

Saturday! Probably my favorite day of the week. During the Fall, there is most likely a football game to attend, and in the Spring, lots of retreats and time to hike the gorgeous mountains that surround my university. I thoroughly enjoy spending Saturday mornings with a cup a tea and my laptop, scrolling through Newsfeeds and enjoying the nature of having nothing in particular to do. 

Two of my good friends, Matt and Nate, decided they wanted to make a calendar of their Bible Study guys (the one they lead), so I spent a good portion of the afternoon taking photos of them. Here's a some (well, twelve) of my favorites. We found some AWESOME trees on campus and, because they are guys, they were all over them. Honestly, taking photos of them was a lot more fun than I expected. Yay! 

News!

In his heart a man plans his course,

but the Lord determines his steps.

Proverbs 16:9

He has our plans and is doing things in our best interest. He knows exactly which way we're going and what those things are going to lead to. My post yesterday really touched on these things and I don't see a true need in repeating them all. 

Either way... 

BIG NEWS. 
Today was extremely productive. I got reading done for classes, assignments done that aren't due til later this week or next, AND planned a retreat. That's right. A retreat. 

Within Cru, I'm a part of a team called, appropriately, Freshmen Team. We meet weekly to discuss how to better the community within the freshmen and so on and so forth. Anyways, my good friend Nate (the one I took photos of for the Bible Study!) and I are in charge of planning the retreat for the freshmen which will happen in the Spring. 
This is a big responsibility but I have a lot of faith in us! We met today for a solid two hours planning and got a huge chunk done. Now, all of this has to go through the proper channels and under review of everyone else on the Freshmen Team and by the time it actually happens, will probably look nothing like what we planned today - but that's okay. I'm free to go with the flow. If there is something I've learned this past year, it's that more heads ARE better than one and it leads to more successful events. 

Okay, now to the big news. I got accepted as a Greystone counselor! Eeeek!!! So excited! I'm excited for this summer and all that God will do in my life between now and then to prepare me for it. I'm excited and will be praying for the girls that will attend this summer and that God will work tremendously in their lives as well. I'll be praying for my the other staff that I'll be leading with, that I can make true friendships and that we can grow closer by serving the Lord together. I'm just so excited and thankful for all of it.
I'm especially relieved by the fact that I know (or at I think I know...) what will happen this summer. It's a weight off my shoulder. Hopefully something drastic doesn't happen to change all of that, but if it does, I can't imagine what better things God would have in store for me.