Be Still And Know

I feel like God has been giving me these words for a few weeks now. Be still and know. In our world today everything is fast pace and go-go-go! We never have time for anything because we make these plans or those plans and have to go do this or that and work, school, watching your kids. When do you get time to be still? We often think oh i am being still when we get a moment to sit down from all the craziness going on, but is that really being still with God? Are we giving Him our full attention in that time? Is He our every thought at that time? Or are we just sitting and thinking about all the stuff we still need to get done or worrying about what we need to do for the next day? (worrying is Not a good thing to do, God has everything under control give your worry to HIm!) Being still doesn't mean to just read the bible or a few minutes and put it back down. 

To be still and know means to get away from all the distractions in the world (phone and everything) and it just be you and God at that time. It is to sit talking to God, giving Him ALL your cares and worries and not holding anything back from Him. It is to sit and listen, listen to that still small voice of God. I feel like the devils voice is so much louder than Gods so its in the moments of being still where i have to really listen and ask God to give me ears to hear Him. When we listen to the things He wants for us and we really want to listen and hear Him, He will speak clearly to us. 

It is also about knowing who He is. Knowing that He is God over ALL He is bigger than all of your problems and the things we deal with. We need to surrender everything and give it all to the God who created us. We need to give Him everything knowing that He will turn everything in the end out for good. 

Its all so much easier said than done. But we are called to be doers and not just hears of the word. Take time out of your busy lives ( i feel like mine is getting busier every single day) Just be alone with HIM!! He deserves all of our time and we need to give it to Him. 

Be still and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

So much going on

So I've only got 18 more days of second semester. Its crazy to think that I've already done a year of college. I feel like life is flying by but at the same time its going slow too. I've been so busy lately with homework, papers, work, and spending time with everyone before we all leave to go home. I never have time to write on here anymore! 

Im applying to go to Spain for my next semester of school and I'm so excited to see what God has planed for me if i go there or not. 

Not knowing the future is probably one of the hardest things for me. I always want to know what is gonna happen but I've been learning that i need to just trust in God and keep walking on His path that He has for me because if i try to plan my own future its NOT going to go right at all. 

One thing that has been inspiring me lately is just love that people have for others there is so much hate in this world and even at my school thats a bible college there are people who hate each other for no reason at all. But then you find those people who truly have the love of God in them and you can't help but have joy when you are around them. 

Another thing is just all the new things that have happened this year. Im so happy to finally be moving on from my past. Yes i have learned so much from my past and we all learn from it but its just so relieving to finally be over everything and moving on to better things that are going to be in your future. 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your request to God.

- Philippians 4:6

A few photos from what I've been up to. 

                             
                           

- Brienna

Oh Mondays

.... mondays the day the everyone dreads. The day we go back to school or work about a nice weekend to sleep in and rest....

Since I've woken up ive dropped my phone twice, realized i have a paper to write i have seven chuck tracks ( listening to chuck smiths voice for an hour and taking notes on it.... so fun) and home work on top of it all. And its all due tomorrow. and its just not a nice day outside at all. Can you say stressed?  

But I'm trying to make the best of it. 

I hope you all are having a fantastic monday and if not hang in there! 

The Lord give strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace. 

Psalm 29:11

Late Night Thoughts

Well i feel like i haven't posted on here in what seems like forever but only like a few weeks.

I've had so much going on these last few weeks and at the same time i feel like I've done nothing. 

From classes to work to spending time with God and friends and everything else I've just had no time to write on here.

So ill share some of the things that have been going on.

I. one BIG thing that is so amazing to me is what God is doing in my life right now and where He has me at this point in my life. For the first time in my life I'm as content as can be of where I'm at and I'm not wanting to change a thing and i love this feeling. 

II. going along with number one a little... God has really placed it on my heart to finish bible college and do all the 4 semesters and He also has put it on my heart to go abroad to one of the bible colleges so I've been praying about either York, England or Ireland or maybe Israel but I'm leaning more towards York. 

III. another thing Gods placed on my heart that I'm praying about is getting a job at my school for over the summer and not going back to vegas. It is not something i would ever think of. Just not going back with my family for the summer but i feel like its what i need to do cause i need to start learning how to provide for myself. and i know if i go back to vegas i would just get really lazy and do nothing all summer. 

IV. Im applying for one of my dream jobs this week and I'm super excited. Its teavana and i just LOVE tea so much its crazy and I've been wanting a job their for the longest time so i just got the application last night and I started to fill it out today.

V. I'm leaving for Puerto Rico in like two weeks and I'm so excited to see what God will do there through everyone who is going on the trip and what He will do for the people there as well. It will be my first missions trip so i know I'm going to be really blessed when going and I'm just praying that God will start to work in our hearts as well as the people we will be helping out and sharing the Word of God to. 

VI. Tonight i had a friend who was telling me about hebrew and how every word and letter and everything in it has a meaning and that it is Gods perfect language and so it was a huge blessing listening to him talk about it and i wish i could just say everything he did but i can't at all cause there was so much but one thing i do know is i would love to lean hebrew. 

hmmmm

I just got the Lumineers cd and i LOVE it I've bought a few of their songs on iTunes and have been wanting to get the cd for a while now and i did and its amazing! i suggest getting it i love every part of their music and it just puts me in a good mood. 

another band i just found and have been loving is the Klenners they are a christian husband and wife and are the cutest couple and together they create beautiful worship. 

http://theklenners.bandcamp.com/

^ their website you can listen to them for free

I also tried rock climbing this week with some new friends and i love it i wasn't very good but oh well it was my first time doing it and ill learn as i go more. 

Pictures from my week:

I finally got all my books that i ordered in and I'm so happy

me and my friend tried to see if i can fit on the dashboard of my bug...i can its that big. 

new friends, food, jokes, fellowship

i got in the biggest mood to go out and buy flowers so i did and i love them

lunch with my roommates that i love so dearly God truly has blessed me with them 

                                 

Rainy days

Its been rainy and gloomy all day today and even though i love the rain i wish it was sunny out. 

Whenever it rains i just wanna sit in my bed and take a nap and then go get coffee and sit for hours reading. But i can't do that today, tuesdays are my busy days and i feel like i have no time to just sit. But i found a little time to write this. Tuesday is the day when i have everything going on i have chapel before class, then i have two classes in the morning and then i have to do our dorm cleaning, which i don't mind at all cause I'm a little bit of a clean freak, then i have to go turn what we have called chuck tracks in and they just check and stamp it if we did it and then i have work from 3-7. This is only my second Tuesday back at school and I'm already feeling overwhelmed but I'm trying to don't get stressed out and rest in the Lord. On the bright side i started a new class today that i switched into last week and i love it its Genesis and my teacher is amazing, he's one of those teachers who you can listen to forever and not worry about the time. So I'm pretty excited for that class as the weeks go on. 

So i decided just now that I'm gonna try and put a little encouragement in all my post or most of them. 

My encouragement for you: 

Even in those days that you feel so overwhelmed with everything going on, remember to take time and rest. Rest in God. Really you will feel so much better when you do. and one thing i learned in my class last night,or the night before i forgot, but God gave you this day because He has a purpose for you today and everyday that you wake up, if He didn't have something for you to do today He would take you back to be with Him. 

The Rainy day outside 

my few minutes to rest as i write this and listen to my rainy day music

-Brienna 

Once for all

"Once for all" only three words but to me they are so powerful.

As I'm sitting in my bed my roommate is playing the Scott cunningham band and they are one of my favorite bands after they came to my school last semester. But anyways one of their songs came on and it really spoke to me. Our God sent His son to die once for all. That's right ALL of us not just some or the good people. Us all. And that's so crazy to even comprehend because it's just amazing that all our sinful and wicked ways are paid for in full. It just gets me thinking how can we not serve our God who is so loving and would do that for sinners like me. We should want to be living for Hin everyday if our lives.

Valentines Day

Well here it is, another valentines day over.

My thoughts on valentines day has changes so many times over the years I've gone from hating it to loving it. Last year my valentines day was so bad cause i had a boyfriend but he ignored me the whole time so it sucked... but i don't want to talk about that cause its in the past. But honestly God has really changed my heart about this day i don't think about it as "oh crap I'm single and I'm gonna see everyone looking cute together and I'm gonna be alone forever." No. And if you think that ITS NOT TRUE!! God has shown me that its okay to be single for a little bit and no i don't need a guy to be happy at all. Love comes from God and we can't love anyone else unless we have the love of God in us and we are experiencing His love everyday. He is the ultimate valentine that will NEVER leave you or forsake you. He will be there when you have no one else to go to. For all you singles out there don't go looking for the right man God already has him picked out for you. While you are single and waiting for that guy that God has for you draw close to our true Love, God. That is what He wants us to do He wants us to come close to Him and become the woman or man that we are supposed to become in our single life. and remember God loves you more than anything or anyone ever could.

1 John 4:19 

We love because He first loved us.