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I can't even begin to write and expand on the events that have taken place throughout this summer.  At the beginning of this summer, while finishing up school in Omaha I was so confused as to why I felt the Lord was calling me to come home for the summer.  I wanted to stay in Omaha, spend time with friends, and have a carefree/drama-free summer.  When your plans don't align up with God's, you will soon find it is a must that you move to where He wants you.  In being home this summer, I have been blessed in being one of the worship leader's at my church, working at a job that I love and being blessed by new friendship through it, to be an encourager and supporter for my mom as she went through such a hard/uneasy time of losing her job, of being there for one of my best friends and her family as she watched her grandmother slowly pass away, and to experience God in a way I never have before.
This summer I have learned the definition of true humility.  I used to consider myself a humble person, but was I ever so far away from the definition that God has of humility.  I have not obtained this to the fullest, but am slowly learning what it means.  With this new found humility, I have found the bittersweetness of having to fully apologize for wrong doing before others, and before God.  My friends, when we can fully ask for full forgiveness that is one of the best examples of pure humility.
This morning, I received news that my best friend's grandmother has gone home to be with her Creator.  For her, she is rejoicing and dancing before the King, while the ones who love her are left asking questions and experiencing grief.  In such as times as these, it is hard to bring hope and peace to people.  It is only through the humility and riding of one's self, that others may come to know the hope of our God.  My prayer for you readers, and myself today is this... Let the humility of God fall upon you, and allow it to be practiced in and on all people and places in your life.  If there are bad relationships that have not be resolved, make things right.  The other party may never forgive you or accept this apology, but that my friends is again, another example of your humility.  Let the pride die, and the humility come forth.  I pray, that we will be used to bring this mysterious hope and peace to others, in such times as these.  May we not be so consumed with our own worries, stress, and obligations, that we miss the bigger ones that fall around us.  Be blessed this day, and do the work we have been called to do.