Live Out Loud

Lord expose my sinfulness once again..

This summer I did something so vastly different from everything else in my life--something so against my flesh and my selfish desires. Instead of taking that prized internship in Chicago that had actually become a reality, God was convicting me to commit my summer to serving the Ann Arbor-Detroit area through the community summer missions project through hmcc . From the first week of May until this past Tuesday, I've been trained to grow in my spiritual disciplines as we went to morning prayer, memorized the book of Philippians, studied the Word, and learned to share the Gospel. Through our various fieldwork at an inner-city high school in Detroit, the international community in Ann Arbor, an underprivileged group of children at the Bryant Community Center, and even through visiting the HMCC of Austin--I learned about God's sovereignty, His love for His people, and His desires for us to live every moment of our lives to give glory to His name. In the process, he directly addres

Is it wrong for me to actually be enjoying the BBA program? Junior year in the business school was hard, with internship recruiting practically being another three-credit class, and group meetings for projects filled in every hour of your day. But to be frank, I came to LOVE my life as a BBA this year, largely due to the relationships that were built AS a RESULT of these sicknasty group projects. LAST YEAR, I had zero friends in the bschool, aside from the few that I had known prior. I LOVE my buds from all the project groups, the same 60 faces that I see in my section, the same five faces that I see at every interview.. which even culminated to my new involvement on the exec board for the BBA Marketing Club next year. I'm really excited to be serving on leadership for the Mkt Club especially because these five other seniors on the eboard are all people that I know, but never even interacted with. I LOVE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, and I LOVE THAT THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT FROM ME. I lo

God can change even the hardest of hearts. For weeks, I was in denial. I wrestled with God and didn't want it to be true. I didn't pray because I knew what I was supposed to do, but didn't want to hear what He wanted to say. (FYI: Intentionally not praying when you need to make decisions is just about the dumbest thing you can do). To be completely honest, I secretly hoped that my parents would refuse to sign the consent form (messed up, I know). If anything, through this painful decision-making process, I realized how messed up and manipulative I could be.. Even when I refused and turned away, I knew deep inside what to do. Not the dream internship that I had worked towards, but what I really desired for the coming summer was to learn to love Jesus more and experience His love for me more--so much that I would no longer need to rely on the securities of this world--not a dream job, nor approval from my peers. I'm trusting and believing with (oh so little) faith that ev