The One with A New Best Friend.

Jesus is working on me this summer.

        He is showing me things about me, His love, His heart, His plans, His grace.

                        I am in New York to be transformed for His glory.

 Here, it is just Him and me 

I am here with little distractions

By this I mean, no school, no 3 jobs, no friends
I have an internship here,  

but they generously give me time to explore the city.

I have a lot of open time to be with Jesus.

                                  Just Him and me.

He is becoming my constant companion,
                    my best friend.

I know this should already be so,

but I’ve always had so many distractions around me

that I compromised my relationship with Him.

And now, I am here to spend time in His presence.

                                  And grow a tremendous amount for His glory.

   I know now this is why I have been called to this big city. 

                  I am in NYC for me- for my relationship with God.

         I am so grateful.

            He gets all the glory!

He is transforming me to be more like Him.

                I’ve been praying to live more faithfully.

                             Why is it so difficult to have faith?

                This is something I am constantly struggling with.

      Maybe it's because I'm scared.
    
      Maybe it's because I'm selfish. 

 Or maybe it's because it's hard to listen to honest truth I don't always want to hear. 

  

Through His Word, 

                          I am learning more and more about the importance of faith,

                                                                   even in the littlest and mundane things.

             I’m learning to listen to the whisper He so often speaks with.

To have faith in this whisper.

A couple weeks ago, I felt the spirit telling me to give a homeless man $20.

  To be honest, I didn’t really want to,

     but I did because I knew it was what I was being called to do.

The next day,

                    I was coming home and there was $20 lying on the subway platform. 

                         Everyone walked right by it.

                                    I picked it up.

                  I know He gave me this $20 to show me what faith is.

                                                                             To confirm His ways.

On my free days,

                        I usually end up walking around Manhattan and Central Park.

                              I’ve started only going the directions the whisper tells me to go.

                                                It’s a time to learn how to listen to Him.
         I find that when I start to stop listening I walk in circles or have to back track.
       It reminds me of life.
     In times when I don't listen to his will for me, I always end up having to go back. 

Today, as I sat in Central Park, 

        God showed me how much our relationship has grown, 

        has transformed in just a few weeeks
       It seems like I am constantly praying.

       I am constantly in dialogue with Him.

           I am spending a lot of my day in the Bible too.

Never before have I spent this much time one-on-one with Him.

It’s actually pretty sweet.

     I am learning so much.

                         He has revealed so much to me of what is to come.

        Of who He is.

                     Of where I am headed.

                     Of His love and glory.

          I have been greatly changed in such a short time.

                                It’s amazing how He is at work in me.

   I am so excited to see His plan be unveiled in time.

           I know there are some things coming that are going to be beautiful

           And only the redeeming blood of Jesus will deserve the glory!