Abide with me...

  These past two weeks have seemed pretty crazy! Teachers are starting

 to give their first tests of the semester. Those are always the worse too! 

You don't really know what to expect. I get really bad anxiety over 

school which is terrible. I need to learn to relax more! I'm always pretty 

busy with rush things, too. I do enjoy it, just not all the time it takes 

from me! Only two more weeks until Rush week. I cannot wait for all 

the new baby deegees and all the free time! I'm also training for a 

half-marathon with two other girls. It really hasn't been too bad so far, 

but we're only 3 weeks into the training. These past two weeks have 

been filled with a lot of emotion too. God has shown me so much, and 

for that I am so thankful. I recently made a decision without really 

knowing whether or not it was what God wanted me to do. It's so hard 

to know what His plan is sometimes. I decided to take a risk and go for 

it, still not knowing God's will. I remember thinking to myself, 

"Alright, I'm sure with time God will show me if this is right or wrong 

for me..." Sure enough people, he showed me! I think it's so cool how

 God shows himself to be faithful time and time again. Absolutely 

loving our new RUF minister, Jason Sterling. He has done a great job 

teaching us about the gospel and how it changes everything about our 

lives. RUF is such a blessing. Among all of this chaos, this song 

became my new favorite. I used it as a daily reminder that I do have 

have a Lord that will always be with me. Oh, what a comfort that is!

Abide With Me:

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;

The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.

When other helpers, fail and comforts flee,

Help of the helpless, abide with me.

Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile;

And, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile,

Thou hast not left me, though I oft left Thee,

On to the close Lord, abide with me.

I need Thou presence, every passing hour.

What but Thy grace, can foil the tempter's power?

Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?

Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless

Ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness

Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory?

I triumph still, abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross, before my closing eyes;

Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;

Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;

In life, in death, Lord, abide with me.

-Mary Claire