Athen is almost as tall as her mom! After she sheds out this wintercoat, she'll be almost all black.
This is my new apartment so far!!!
There will be another window on the left side too.
My living room; and my bedroom will be on the other side of that wall frame.
And yes, that's right, vaulted ceilings!!
My kitchen cabinets!
And the view from my kitchen window, where my horses will be!
I will have a cute little yard out there too.
As far as an update on my life goes, I'm kind of going to bounce off of Pastor Ken's message this last weekend about prophetic breakthrough.
One of his most powerful points to me was that breakthrough is post-traumatic, and that God will bring us through times of trials first so that when the breakthrough comes we won't be ruined by the prosperity. I felt like he was talking right to me! The last two years, while I was doing CLC, were really tough for me. God was taking me apart, cleaning me out, and putting me back together the way He wanted me to be. Looking back now I am grateful, but during the process, before I could see the end result, I was a complete mess! I felt like mush. Every time I tried to stand up to take some kind of shape of myself, I would just slump back to a puddle of confusion, hopelessness, and utter frustration.
It wasn't until after my 2nd year graduation that God began putting the pieces together again, and now I finally understand the purpose of all that turmoil! He was building up my character. Instead of being applesauce, He wanted me to be cement! That when He did start to build me up and put me in my place that I would hold up under pressure, and be solid in him. Things I knew in my head, but didn't fully understand until now. He has truly done an amazing work in me, because, even in my own eyes, success in any form looked so unlikely!
Now, my life is so wonderful! My horses are doing well, Athen is getting closer and closer to sizing up her mom everyday, I love my job, the Lord is fine tuning my spiritual gifts in 180jv, and my new apartment is coming along nicely. My move in date is June 1st! I am living in the blessing of the Lord, and its so amazing. I know that there are trials still to come someday, but I also know, that because of this great work the Lord has done in me, I won't crumble and fall!
"He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." -Psalm 40:2
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock." -Matthew 7:24-25
