Gene

Since I had my interview rescheduled I get to blog about a topic of my choice. Im sitting here in the library with my roomate MaryGene and we are 'trying' to study but aren't cause we are to busy Instant Messaging each other back and forth at the same table. We are laughing so hard. We have so many inside jokes and are continually laughing. If you are ever bored in the library and don't have anything to do, I highly suggest sitting with your best friend and IM each other. I assure you, you will laugh a great deal.

I've known MaryGene since I was little. We went to the same kindergarden together, and then went to high school together. We were aquaintences though, we were friendly to each other and I thought she was great but it wasn't until college that we became best friends. We had many of the same friends and by second semester sophomore year we were roomates! We are roomates together again this year and live with four of our other best friends. She is such a blessing to me in so many ways. She is continually making me laugh and is such an encouragement to me with my relationship with Christ, friends, boyfriends, parents, brothers and sisters. She is someone that, as my friend kelly likes to say, 'do life with'.

I blogged on our Group Blog

it comes down to Love

I decided to blog about something that i am learning a lot about right now and something that i take for granted sometimes. Relationships. This is a topic that is difficult to analyze and understand most of the time. God ultimate purpose in creating us was to first off glorify Him and second to be a relationship with Him. We are relational as people, especially women and sometimes i forget the importance of protecting, nuturing, encouraging, and growing the relationships i have with those around me. I've learned so much being in a romantic relationship. It is hard. I love the way God created men with His characteristics of protection, provider, strength, leadership and then the way He created women with His qualities of being relational, encouraging, nuturing, and compassionate and when brought together they glorify and reflect who God is as one.I have learned so much about myself and what strengths as a women i bring to the table but also i have learned and am still learning how you have to be selfless and not selfish, open and not closed, sacrificial and not needy. I am thankful for the relationship i have with my boyfriend and look forward to seeing how God is going to grow us, test us, and strenghthen us. The relationships i have with my closest friends are so beautiful and i learn so much from them. My best friends inspire me, sharpen me and challenge me. I am beyond blessed to have the friends and family i do. God is so good and loving. It all comes down to that, God is love. He shows us that through our relationships with other people. What a picture that is. His love for us, His sending his beloved son Jesus as a sacrifice for us and now the personal relationship i can have with Him because of this. He is faithful and loving and so should i be with the relationships i am in.