As of today, I have no one to move in with me when my roommate moves out. This means the lease on the apartment I'm living in will be terminated mid-December, and I will be forced to either move back to Iowa as well and try again later, or mooch off someone else. And I'm not caring for either possibility too much.


"'Therefore, I tell you: do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add even a single hour to your life?'"

-Matthew 6:25-27


"Worry is only temporary atheism."

-Unknown, but I heard it from Mattie Montgomery


I'll be honest, I've been worried since I found out a few hours ago. What do I do? Where will I stay? Can I afford this apartment by myself? Can I switch to a one bedroom apartment? Can I even afford that by myself? Where will I work? How will I survive? So many questions and uncertainties! And I have to know in less than ten days. Maybe even by this weekend.
But the beautiful thing is: Christ sees our hardships. He knows what we're going through, and His heart breaks for us. But aren't we much more important than the birds of the air? Christ will provide. Hallelujah!

So if you could pray for me, whoever reads this, I would appreciate it a ton. For peace and for guidance on my next step. Maybe for someone to move in with me? That'd be awesome. You rock.

But now that I've gotten my bit of personal life out, I want to encourage you guys a bit.


"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of Righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever."

Psalm 23


You all know it probably. But it's certainly one of my favorites for a few reasons.
The first being: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me. No matter what we're going through, fear should be a foreign concept. No matter what we're facing in our life, we are to fear no evil. The enemy cannot move against us, for we are chosen by the God who created the heavens and the earth. How powerful is that? Crazy powerful.
And then a recurring theme throughout the psalm: "He makes me lie down in green pastures... Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me... For You are with me..."
It's amazing isn't it? God Almighty, our Heavenly Father, the Alpha and the Omega, cares about us. He cares about us soooo deeply.


“'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.'"

John 10:11-13


We are His. He loves us and will never abandon us. Even when the enemy unleashes his armies against us, we are never forsaken. Glory.