a million steps ahead

I think I am getting old, because I am getting tired really really early these days. I am talking like...8:30. This is not a good thing.

So I am ridiculous and I'm already thinking about what I want to do this summer. Actually, I think I "know" kind of the way I always think I know things, but then God does the whole "I am a million steps ahead of you, Amanda" thing that I am quite fond of. But anyway, God-willing, I reaaaaaally want to go do a month of summer staff at Young Life's Frontier Ranch! That's it in the picture, part of the rappelling course. It's in Buena Vista, Colorado and I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited. It is so beautiful! I would be right in the middle of the most beautiful parts of Creation, growing and learning and serving and worshiping...for a month...with like 50 other Young Life leaders who desire the same thing...just thinking about it makes me smile. I think I would want to work at the store, since I could be all happy and brighten peoples' day just being my smiley self. I would say I want to be a high ropes course intern and hang out up in the trees all day, but I have not had wrangler training and don't think I can get that done by the time applications are do. But I mean, whatever, I just want to serve.

I could talk about Young Life forever and ever. Part of the reason I looove being a Young Life leader is because I just get to be crazy and love Jesus and build relationships with high school friends. And those are three things that I am a pro at! It's really hard...really really hard, but it's a ministry that I really believe in and really have faith in. When I get discouraged, I always think about my leader in high school (Laura)...she really did a lot for me. She was my best friend without question and she was the primary person that helped me piece my life back together and cling to Jesus and persevere after I didn't get into Harvard and Yale and Princeton and all those other schools. She was ALWAYS there for me. And so I just have a huuuuge heart for this, I want to be someone's Laura! I can't think of a better way to serve God! And sometimes I think about that...and think about if I reaaaally want to spend a billion years in medical school. Not being a Young Life leader. That is something that God and I talk about all the time, but I don't really feel like He is leading me in a certain direction, does that make sense? I feel like Wofford is something that God LED me to...and man I was kicking and screaming! I wanted Harvard! But you know what he said, "Amanda, I am a million steps ahead of you" and He just once again totally blew away all my expectations and just threw my little plan out the window! I love it when He does that! I am such a planner and God thinks that is really funny because I am also basically an idiot, but I'm sure that He is never bored because of people like me.

Now, one of my favorite favorite favorite things ever...is music! I love listening to music, because it is just another way that people come up with beautiful ways to talk about God! And sometimes I am like, "I wish I could come up with this stuff" but that is obviously Jeremy Camp's spiritual gift and not mine. And that is okay, because he is a lot better at it than I am. So good job, Jeremy Camp. Anyway, all I have done on break is take naps and listen to music. And so here are 10 songs that I basically play over and over and over again. Because they make me smile and they just make me feel like I am really really really worshiping. So you should listen to them or download them or look up the lyrics, because really, would I lie about this kind of thing? Noooooo. I would not. When it comes to worship, I am about as legit as it gets.

1. Savior, Please - Josh Wilson
2. Where the Love Lasts Forever - Hillsong United
3. Give Me Jesus - Jeremy Camp
4. Clinging to the Cross - Tim Hughes
5. How Great - David Crowder Band
6. In Me - Casting Crowns
7. I Know Who I Am - Jeremy Camp
8. Heart After You - Luke Wood
9. Scars - Paul Alan
10. For the Life of Me - This Beautiful Republic
11. Mercy - Parachute Band
Okay, there are 11. Actually there are like a thousand that I like. But we are sticking with 11 for...blog longevity purposes.

So...coming soon:
I'm going to tell you all about Laura, my Young Life leader
I am also going to DC on Monday...so I do not know when that will happen!

Get excited!
God bless :)