"Out of the Wreck I Rise"

So, I forgot to mention why I chose the title I did for my blog...I actually am borrowing it from this book I have: "My Utmost For His Highest" By: Oswald Chambers. It is a daily devotional book that has a devo for each day of the year. Anyways, one of my favorite days to read is May 19th. The devo for that day is titled "Out of the Wreck I Rise" and is based off of the verse Romans 8:35 "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?". I'll just write out the days devotional instead of trying to summarize it because I don't think summarizing would get the whole thing across very well.

"God does not keep a man immune from trouble; He says--"I will be with him in trouble." It does not matter what actual troubles in the most extreme form get hold of a man's life, not one of them can separate him from his relationship to God. We are "more than conquerors in all these things." Paul is not talking of imaginary things, but of things that are desperately actual; and he says we are super-victors in the midst of them, not by our ingenuity, or by our courage, or by anything other than the fact that not one of them affects our relationship to God in Jesus Christ. Rightly or wrongly, we are where we are, exactly in the condition we are in. I am sorry for the Christian who has not something in his circumstances he wishes was not there. "Shall tribulation...?" Tribulation is never a noble thing; but let tribulation be what it may--exhausting, galling, fatiguing, it is not able to separate us from the love of God. Never let cares or tribulations separate you from the fact that God loves you. "Shall anguish...?"--can God's love hold when everything says that His love is a lie, and that there is no such thing as justice? "Shall famine...?"--can we not only believe in the love of God but be more than conquerors, even while we are being starved? Either Jesus Christ is a deceiver and Paul is deluded, or some extraordinary thing happens to a man who holds on to the love of God when the odds are all against God's character. Logic is silenced in the face of every one of these things. Only one thing can account for it--the love of God in Christ Jesus. "Out of the wreck I rise" every time."

I just enjoy reading through this every now and then because I think it is full of truths that I do not want to forget, even in the midst of trials. My faith tells me that even in times of frustration or trials I need to remember that God is with me.
So, this in this adventure I am about to embark on I wanted to remember this truth: that although I may face hard times while away from all of the comforts and familiarity of home, I will never be without Christ who will sustain me and help me to rise again.
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Beginning

So, I know this is a month early, but I wanted to start this blog now so that I know it works for while I am gone! I know genius idea;)
Okay, so this blog is for my musings while I study abroad:) I will be leaving August 7th for Daystar University in Kenya, Africa and I am SOO excited! I will probably make a post or two before I leave on some of my leaving home thoughts...but, no promises! I hope to be as on top of this as I can be while I'm gone, because I probably will not use facebook a whole ton, but we will see on that too. Haha, I have no idea what to expect communication wise well I'm gone:)
Well, hopefully anyone who decides to follow this regularly and even for those who just check every once in a while~will enjoy reading some of my thoughts:)

love always