i've still got a ways to go.

welp- it's about time I try to communicate even a smidgen of my summer with you guys. The Lord just did so much. I feel like words can't even explain how thankful I am that he has allowed Lightbearers to be a tool used to bring me closer to him. The people I met throughout my summer changed me. They were kind, passionate and relational. They were willing to listen to me and my foolishness while gently point me back in the direction of wisdom. I don't know if I'll ever be able to explain what it was specifically that I fell in love with in Arkansas...I just know after those three months I now know and love the Lord more deeply.

I spent a lot of this summer getting WRECKED by the Holy Spirit on motives. He challenged and revealed to me what my motives were. He gave me scripture and guidance as to what should really be important. Before I do anything I now want to be sure that I really am putting others before myself. That i'm making HIS name great and not Samantha Moore's. It was brought up time after time and I'm so thankful!

It's funny, I remember being so bored with christianity when I was younger. I felt like I knew it all...my 4 years of college have proved I KNOW NOTHING! haha and I will certainly never know it all. But the idea of seeking Him forever now excites my heart so much. He is changing my views on everything. I don't care anymore what culture tells me I should do. Everything in my life is different. His truth tends to change people. If it didn't I know I would still be so wretched.

My beautiful and wise friend Rachel introduced my to the Hillsong Aftermath CD this summer and I feel like this song became the cry of my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiEYF5qP1ks

I hope that the Lord rids you of your motives all for His glory and our joy. Happy Wednesday :)

"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12)."

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23-24)."