Draw Near to the Throne

It's been a while. Life has been crazy, but good.
I've been super involved with Cru lately, which has been such a blessing in my life. We're doing a campaign called I Am Second. (iamsecond.com, check it out.) It has been a stretch, and has really asked us all to step out in our faith. It's really cool to see God move through that, though.

In this crazy busy semester, I'm finding myself re-evaluating a lot of things in my life. Mainly, I'm asking myself, "who am I?" It's a hard question to have to ask yourself at the age of 20. It feels like that is something that I should know. But, up until recently I've placed my identity in SO many things other than Christ. So how could I know who I am?

Campus House on Sunday helped me to know that while I'm trying to put my identity in Christ, the "meantime" doesn't have to mean "wasted time." Some things we talked about were quite in line with my life.

• Humble yourself: by saying "I'll never change" you're saying that you don't believe in the power of God. I've been trying to humble myself and let God change me. 
• Don't try to create your own reality: something I've been doing for a long time, and it's time to give it up.
• Know that God is doing something in the midst of what you're going through: definitely something I need reminded of often. 
• Be alert. Satan will try to pull you into self-sufficiency: He has. I am trying to be aware of that, and realize daily that God is offering me His help. I just have to take it.
• The stuff we're going through is real: God can be here for my problems and other people's problems that may seem bigger than mine. God is WAY bigger than we can even imagine. And I question if He can be here for my problems or if He thinks they're significant? Why?

In the midst of hurt and confusion, we can take solace in the power of Christ.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
-Hebrews 4:16

So that's what I'm doing. It's hard sometimes, but it's way better than trying to do life on my own.