Pray without ceasing: making time for God.

Yikes, it's been a while! Sorry about that.. These past few weeks have been crazy concerning school work. I very appreciative that today is the weekend and the Lord has given us some sunny weather to lift our spirits from this dreary week we've been having.

I have less than two months till I graduate, wow. I'm so excited and have been anxiously waiting for this day, I just can't believe it's almost here already. Honestly though, classes the last couple weeks have been crazy intense and I've fallen into the trap of "saving" my intimate, precious alone time with God till after everything else is done for the day.

Ugh.

I don't like it. Last night I had so many things on my mind. Thoughts racing and I didn't even know where to start. I had so many things I wanted to share with our Father: thoughts, questions, praises, requests... Then He showed me. I haven't been spending adequate time at all with Him for the past week or so. And it was evident. I had all these things stored up that I couldn't even remember everything and sort through any of it... He knew what was on my heart and my mind, but the fact that I had been neglecting Him and then was trying to push a week of intimacy into 30 minutes, just wasn't working.

It was bad. I felt so defeated. I had let the priorities monster win. School is more important. Friends are more important. Clubs are more important. They're all more important than Him.

False.

But that is how I was living. How blessed I am to be able to spend so much peaceful time with Him. Knowing I'm safe, knowing I (most likely) will not be interrupted, knowing that people are not going to find me and persecute me for it. But I chose to neglect Him instead. The girls that I'm wearing this dress for may not have those options. They may get beat if they pray. They may get mocked if they cry out the our Savior in the middle of the night. But I don't... and I totally take it for granted sometimes? Not anymore.

That week or so of trying to only rely on the Lord a little bit was crazy. It was stressful and exhausting. he is my everything and I won't let other priorities rise over Him again. I read this somewhere once, that truly, He shouldn't be "our number 1," because then that means we are putting Him in competition with other things.

There are no other things that are even worthy to be in a race with Him. How beautiful.

Here are a bunch of photos! I'm missing days 10-13 - they're on my roommates camera. I'll put up soon! :)

Day 5 - Haha, trying to get a picture jumping.

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9 - Becky, Kelsey (this was her first day!!) and I

Day 14

Our beautiful roommate, Heather, and her husband, Steve on their wedding day this past Saturday. Not a dress she'll be wearing everyday, but definitely one worth showcasing. :)