I may not say a lot... but at least I will speak my heart.

Hello.

Korea is still amazing... and God is still faithful and is continuing to work. DUH!

It has been really cool to see people who have never had dreams of their own... who have been oppressed their whole lives, and who had to FIGHT and risk their life for freedom... cry out to God and worship HIM freely. Now, these children of God are realizing that all their dreams and goals can become reality when they have life in Christ. For, it is God who put those dreams and desires in our hearts in the first place.

I totally take my freedom as an American for granted... and I find myself seldom thanking God for the things He gives me daily... and for LIFE!

Now... because of hearing testimonies from people who have have lived a more difficult life than anything I could ever imagine... WHO AM I TO SAY I HAVE A HARD LIFE, when I have been given everything I could ever desire or need. I have ALWAYS had clothes to wear and ALWAYS had food to eat. I have always had the freedom to worship God.

Who are we to whine and cry about our lives when we do not even know the meaning of hard... or difficult... or strife... oppression?

I am done taking my life for granted. We should be thanking God for every breath.

"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." Romans 5:3-5

"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need." Philippians 4:11-12

"Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed (and though you get praise when you do well for yourself) his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see the light. Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish." Psalm 49:16-20

I think these verses pretty much speak for themselves. On my behalf, though... i WILL NOT waste my life. I am not on this earth just to go to college, get a job, have two dogs and a white picket fence... get married and have children. LIfe is SO MUCH MORE! I want to be on my death bed with the assurance that I gave EVERYTHING to the Lord... no matter what the cost. Everything I have belongs to my Father.

Thanks for praying.