---beauty for ashes: Blessed

HEY GUYS :D

I haven't written in a while.. I should get back into the habit. The delay is mostly because of the lack of diversity in my routine! It is pretty much the same old, which is good. =]

.....So yeah. The DTS students have been here for about 2 weeks, and they are all really cool :) My day is 50% doing school, 50% hanging out with them. Happy times! I am also falling more in love with my youth group. Since we're all getting older, we're having deeper discussions, crazier times and exploring our God-given talents to the fullest. They're all really great! =]

Last night some of my friends and I went to see Brooke Fraser in concert. For those of you who don't know who she is, LOOK HER UP. Seriously. You won't regret it. She's one of the lead singers of Hillsong and she also does some of her own contemporary work :) It was one of the greatest nights of my life.

On top of that, I have really been growing in my relationship with God. I've been thinking about the fruits of the spirit and different aspects of love.

'Love is patient, love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.

It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things'

(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

..Woooowwww... I want to love like that. This is my analogy..

We can never experience the true meaning of love from humans, as we are selfish and sinful beings. Love like this is impossible for us to fully perfect, since it is flawless. I believe that God is love and that everything he does, he does in love. Therefore the only way that we can truly experience this wholesome love is by knowing and being in relationship with God.

My conclusion is that in order to grow in love I must grow deeper roots into God

and into HIS love. He is the perfect example. =]

This will be a long journey and take a lifetime to practice.. Let's go!