His faithfulness compared to my unfaithfulness to this blog.

As I sit in my room with bare walls and half of my furniture moved out, I can't help but feel sad as my first year in Austin comes to a close. I'm in awe of what the Lord has done this year in my life and in the lives of others. I'm amazed at all of the changes that occurred this year, and looking back, I wouldn't change anything. A year ago I did not really want to leave home. I was comfortable at community college and I had a large group of friends at home. I love my home and am thankful for my family. I'm thankful for the relationships that were built through community college, and the friends that I still have there. Honestly, when I graduated from high school, I wanted to go away to a 4 year university, but obviously the Lord's plans were better and more in depth than I ever thought possible. I had the opportunity to go to the country of Georgia twice because of the people the Lord put into my life at community college. I never would have had that opportunity if I would have gone off to a university freshman year. I became so comfortable at home that I was scared to leave. I was scared of the changes....and there were so many changes....but the Lord is faithful. As soon as I decided to come to UT, I started praying for roommates,ministry opportunities and friendships. The Lord has given me so much more. He has put into my life students from all over the world. I have met students from countries that would be dangerous for me to travel to. The Lord gave me grace to endure the difficult times and the ability to push on and make friends. He is faithful. From the moment I started looking for a place to live after accepting admission, I saw His faithfulness.
I do admit that I have changed a lot this year, yet I believe it's for the better. I'm more confident in who I am in Christ and who I am as Taylor. One of my friends and I were talking about how funny it was last August when I first moved to downtown Austin. I was so naive- I had been home schooled, then community college, and then I practically was thrown into downtown Austin. What a journey it has been.  I do admit that I am scared of what comes next. There are so many things that I want- like getting married and getting into graduate school, having a family, missions, but the truth is that I have currently have no one to marry and I am dreading the GRE with all of my heart and the entire grad-school application process, ....BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL! I  trust Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."
This verse is my constant encouragement that I can plan all I want to, but "whatever my God ordains is right." I have learned that there is no point to worry about things like getting into graduate school, or getting married, or going to live in another country for Jesus, or anything else, because My God has already ordained it. I am so thankful for his faithfulness, unlike my faithfulness to this blog- which gets attention once every four or five months. His faithfulness endures and is constant, thus I trust and know the One who holds my future and I trust the plans that He has for me.

Writers block...thats my excuse for letting 5 months pass and not recording any of it.
poor blog. Tonight officially ends my spring break, probably the most uneventful week of my life, but I'm glad it was uneventful. As I hear other students discuss their trips to the beach in Florida, I will think about my couch and the time I spent watching "How I met Your Mother" and "Like Crazy".

....oh, and I'm still not to sure how I feel about "Like Crazy"....

Actually, I did a little more than lie around on the couch during the break...the most eventful part of the week occurred when I helped a hoarder clean out her garage...I made some $ and I realized that when I grow up, my garage is going to stay empty and my children's toys will be thrown out frequently.
As I was going through boxes in her garage, I found an autographed picture of the Brady Bunch (best show ever) and I also found some teen bop magazines with JTT on the front which brought back a childhood memories. By the way, where is JTT now?