following grace

Y'all. its been a while. Holy cow. I was talking with a friend this morning about life and this waiting game of a season that the Lord has me in right now. Waiting for graduation, waiting to know what the rest of my life is going to look like, waiting on contract updates and internship approvals, waiting on interviews, Creation studies to END (forever and ever amen), leases to run out, May to arrive and my next chapter to begin. The whole while I was sitting there discussing the frustration yet Hope that I had in this season I just kept replaying the lyrics to one of my favorite songs "Take courage my heart, stay steadfast my soul He's IN the waiting" He's there friends. He's with you. He's fighting for you, with you. Look next to you, allow yourself to sense His presence as He runs this race right beside you, pushing you on until the very end. Who am I to rush this season the Lord has purposed in my life for go...

    Lately the Lord has just really been stirring my heart.   With the end of school stress, moving into my first place, learning to adjust to summer and getting news I never wanted to hear.   it has been quite the adjustment, but such a glorious one. there's something about just knowing him intimately that beats anything I could ever explain.   ya know I've been thinking  he knows each and every hair on our head he knows the bags under our eyes after long nights he knows the wrinkles on our forehead the lines on our hands..   but do we know him like that?   is it possible that we're missing the point. we say we know him but do we really know Him?   It's been my goal in the past few days to just be still, and know.   quite frankly sometimes or all the time I'm lost. I look up and don't know the cleared path is and I know how to walk, but I don't have any idea w...

  although school has been out for about a week now it is still so fun to look back and think about all the chaos, and craziness that I survived the last few weeks of school.   it was such a wonderful ending to a wonderful year and I'm forever grateful for the memories made amidst the absolute insanity we call finals week.   So here's a little look back at some fun moments wrapping up the school year.. last day of classes. acting crazy with the roomie after cleaning our room for days on end, until it sparkled. slipping away with friends to pamper. signing the lease to MY FIRST PLACE. having our last prayer group together of the year. saying goodbye to the best English class ever. getting brave at the salon, and going for some bangs! enjoying our last convo of the year. and my last required one as a residential student. slipping away to my fav local coffee shop to hear a good word and drink...

It was just March.. where did April go?   it is unreal to me that it's my last week as an underclassman in college. like what? but oh am I ready for sweet summertime!   April has been crazy and so chaotic, but the fun times in the midst of hectic schedules are so worth every sleep deprived day survived and make the time approaching finals so much easier.   it's been quite the time of celebrating the rare moments.. go-karting catching up with old friends attending outdoor music festivals staying until the dark hours just enjoying fellowship going to the mountaintop to spend time in the word and just savor a few moments of quiet that are so hard to find these days.   squeezing in as many roomie dates as possible. spending time with sweet kiddos on the farm. going for peaceful backroad drives with the windows down. taking adventure walks with this cutie.   un-intentionally match...

the past month has been cuh-ray-zee. I'm just thankful it's April, and that much closer to summer. we're into single weeks y'all. praise. praise. praise.   March was so crazy, so full of fun, so much joy and SO. many. pictures.   so for you dedicated hearts- the month of March via the lens. ;)           Until next time, Austyn