Here, I place my stake.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks with freshmen move-in, the first two weeks of classes, and various other transitions and friendly gatherings.

But, today I submit to you (whoever is reading) that I yearn to be a woman of God, following after the heart of God-the One from whom I was made. It has been a roller coaster of a summer.  I have experienced joy, pain, exhaustion, fulfillment, the fruits of obedience and the frustrations of self-focus. However, I know that I have been bought with a price, and that price was steep and for my salvation and rescue. I want to be a woman that knows who she is: His.  Everything else can just follow after.

I need not, God will supply.  I have always felt entitled, and God always reminds me that I am not.  Everything that I have is because of Him: shelter, family, food, finances, community...  They are all blessings from the Lord.  I need not take them for granted, I need not hold them as my own, I need not trust my own strength.  I need not, God will supply.