My Peeps.

I'm humbled each time I sit around a table with women who love and fear the Lord.  I sit back and think... I'm so blessed that I get to do life with women who challenge me and who share with me their struggles, what they are learning and how their heart is stirring for Jesus. I would not be able to survive without these women.
I have different pockets of women who are in my life.
I have my roommates who live with me and see every side of me good and bad...pretty and ugly.
I have my LTG group who we meet once a week and talk about how our time in the word has been.
I have my Monday night girls group who we get to share prayer requests with and get to worship with and just talk about Jesus with.
I have a few women who I daily talk to, who ask me hard questions, who know all of my junk, who love me well, who I can be real with and struggle with, have fun with and just be ridiculous with.
I have those women who I may not see every day but when I see them it's like no time has passed. Women who I can just sit with for hours and talk about all kinds of things, who I can just be with without talking. Who listen, who just give me hugs when I need them, who laugh and pray with me.
I have my ministry guys (who are not women...they are dudes) that I meet with once a week to read the Word together and encourage each other. They are family and I LOVE doing ministry together with these guys.
I'm so blessed.
God created us to be in community. We were meant to live in deep living life with each other community.  He delights in that.
I'm so thankful for the perfectly imperfect people in my life. Love them.

SO Thankful

So many things to be thankful for...

1. JESUS. 
He is the one who has given me life when I deserved death. He gives me grace upon grace & love that I don't deserve. He is everything to me, the source of my joy, who I sing about, who I live for, who I absolutely love. He has given me SO much. SO thankful.
2. MY FAMILY.

I got to skype with them on Thanksgiving. It was great.They sat me down on the table & it was like I was right there with them! I was thinking about them a lot today. We have walked through a lot together. Some really really hard things, but also some really really great things. They have walked through times of me running away from the Lord & they have prayed for me and walked with me through times of obedience that led me to some hard decisions. (like moving 17 hours away to Austin!) They have supported me, provided for me, cheered me on & believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. SO thankful.
3. MY DAD.

He left a legacy that is continuing on and I am forever grateful for the Lord choosing him, bringing him into a relationship with Jesus and then taking him home. His life & death have brought hope to so many people. I miss him like crazy and wish that we could laugh and be goofy together, but there will soon be a day for that! SO thankful. 
4. MY GIRLS AND MY COMMUNITY.

I am so blessed by the people I am surrounded by. Who walk through life with me and love me even when I'm crazy and hard to love. People who know me well enough to see when I'm not ok, who know me well enough to know how to make me laugh, who know me well enough to know when I just need some space, who will fight for me when I can't fight, who speak truth to me when I'm believing lies, who will dance & be goofy with me, who cheer me on, who aren't afraid of hurting my feelings when it's truth that needs to be said. I am blessed. SO blessed. I can't imagine doing life alone. SO thankful.
5. MY GUYS. 

These are the guys that I get to do ministry with.  I am absolutely blessed by each one of these guys. I've learned so much from them about leading and about loving people well & music. These are some of the most talented musicians/worship leaders that I know. I'm so thankful that I get to sing and make music with these guys. I'm beyond thankful.  Chris, Aaron, Justin & Todd are married with kids. It has been so great learning from them about marriage and family life, I have gotten to know their wives & they are absolutely amazing. & then there is Jimmy...you can refer back to the laughing song. SO thankful.
6. MY CHURCH. 

I can't even begin to explain how thankful I am for my church (the Austin Stone). Where I have grown and have been challenged in ways that I didn't even know were possible. Truth is spoken here in a way that is completely led by the Holy Spirit. Worship is being led in a way that is completely from the Holy Spirit. There is a heart that reaches outside of the walls of our church to the city, to the nation and to the world that is so beautiful. I am blessed beyond blessed to be a part of this church and to lead worship every Sunday. God is being glorified, lives are being changed and it's so beautiful. SO thankful.