update and thoughts

Hey friends.
It's been so long since I've posted. so much has happened.
I got engaged.
I finished my first year of school.
I've been wedding planning, finishing up a vacation and then doing the day to day hanging out with gracie lou (the best labradoodle ever), working on bible study, and trying to balance sleeping in the mix too.

I miss writing. things have been a little crazy.

I don't even know where to start really. Bible study has been going well. We finished Genesis and  now are into Luke.

Last night I went and saw Kari Jobe sing. The song "We Are" was sung.
It says:
We are the light of the world
We are the city on a hill
We are the light of the world
We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine

There are situations in my life lately where I'm having a hard time with that and its a theme that has been coming up a lot lately. At the Drive last tuesday Pastor Jeff talked a little bit about this idea of being a light on a hill and said that sometimes we are put on a hill to be a light to other people and how we look at them should be with compassion. We dont' get to decide when God is done with someone.
Sometimes though it's hard to know how to be a light. How to help. How to encourage. Sometimes God puts you in places where you feel completely out of place. And yet I know that God has done that to tons of people. I know anything is possible with God. I know that He does miracles. I just am not sure what to do. I'm guessing Mary didn't know what to do when she was told she was pregnant. And Noah was a little unsure of how to build a boat. I bet Adam was like "Uhm... I have to name animals? ... how?"

I trust Him. I just read the parts that say "walk by faith" and I don't know where to take a step.  So perhaps I should jsut be still and wait for a door to open. Patience. Not my best thing.

Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden."
gives a whole new meaning to "you can run but you can't hide..."

I'm sure none of this makes sense I just wanted to update.
I'm going to try and be writing more :)
I've missed it <3