following grace

for the past 2 years every semester me and my sweet friend Megan take a weekend trip to her beach house. We don't make extravagant plans, or do anything super outlandish we just rest, relax, laugh and make memories but it is by far my favorite time of each semester.   we absolutely love just being able to get away from the chaos of life and who doesn't love the beach in October?!   the weather this time was so beautiful and we just loved getting to soak up the sun in the middle of fall.   from the 1st time we started this little tradition of ours there were a few things we vowed to do everytime we went. it's so fun going back and getting to relive our little traditions from the first meal at the Surfers Café when we arrive in town  to our last walk on the beach to end the weekend.   we dream of the days we will bring our families and get to carry on those sweet little nuggets of tradition.   our trip this year w...

life lately has been a whirlwind of chaos and now that it's finals I'm finally stopping to catch my breath.   this has been THE craziest semester ever   it has been a wonderful, fun-filled, go-go-go last few months.. here are some fun moments from life recently..   new cars, new couches, new friends, new memories, lots of packing and boxes, lots of chaos, lots of long days but so worth every minute of it.   today was our last day of class, and it feels SO good to almost be DONE!   Have a great week, friends!   Until next time, Austyn

do you ever just have those seasons   you know exactly what I'm talking about the house is a mess you put away your laundry just in time to pull another load out of the dryer and have it sitting on your bed for a week you bought groceries a month ago but you just end up eating out because there's no time for coming home and cooking meal prep seems impossible work hours double by the week homework never ends people see you and your house and they're like who are you? house hunting consumes all your free time you're out of town or have visitors every weekend your not even sure if you've worn the same outfit 3 times in the last two weeks     y'all. im there. and life's insane and I forget what day it is and I get home at night and I'm asking myself what in the world even happened today   but there is one thing that remains so so constant in this season of chaos. and it's the peace that passes a...

  something the Lord has just really been pressing on my heart lately, is my lack of patience and trust with Him. I am a planner at heart, I want all the plans in ink, color coated and set in stone from the start and im sure y'all have realized Jesus doesn't quite work that way.   He has really just been showing me over and over and over again, that His timing is so incredibly perfect. indeed it is so worth it to wait on Him and His timing. things always work better that way.   last night, as my bible study group from church had our "home" night. We all cozied up in the cutest of IKEA's furniture with big bowls of chili and chocolate to follow and we just straight up bragged on Jesus for 2 hours. and it was absolutely delightfully wonderful. just sharing my story with my sweet friends, and major events in my life that have led up to where I am now, all of them just point to one theme. His perfect timing. He is always...