home sweet home: take two

Well, here it is..

My last post was all about home, being Allen, Tx... mainly because I wanted to go back SO badly. This one is a little different.. It's about home, being Belton, Tx, UMHB.

I had a negative attitude about coming back here after break, but that attitude was shaken, quickly.

I'm so blessed to be here. I don't really know how to put my feelings into words, but I love it. There is an aura about this place. It's a community, a community of believers, and I can't help but to praise God that I'm here.

Last night at FOCUS, our drama ministry performed. It was a night full of skits, worship, and passionate words for Christ. I. WAS. FLOORED. everything they did or said spoke straight to me, convicted me, and drew me to worship.

I was humbly reminded of how incredible the people I'm surrounded by really are.
My struggles and stumbles become their struggles and stumbles, and I have so many people around me just waiting to put me back on my feel when I fall... It's beautiful, and just what I needed the past couple of days. You see, we all go through struggles, especially as Christians, but sometimes I have a hard time of letting things go. During worship at the end of the night, there was barely a dry eye in the whole chapel. I was surrounded by prayer, song, and love. I stepped over to a friend, fell into her arms, and by her prayer, I was placed right back on the solid ground I fell off to begin with, without her even knowing my struggle. That's the power of God, and I haven't felt His presence in that strong of a way in a long time. It was incredible.

I've met a lot of awesome people here, and I'm becoming very close to many of them. I love that it's normal to have deep, meaningful conversations with the people around me at UMHB. Every conversation provides me with new insight on life and I feel stronger in my faith and in myself, everyday.

God is doing BIG things here at UMHB, and I'm soo blessed to call it home.