Safe

This has been an interesting summer. It is the first time I have ever truly lived on my own. As in I paid rent and utilities and I bought my own groceries and I even got an Ohio driver's license and became on official OH resident! I have never had to be this independent. And yet the theme of my life this summer has been dependence. In every area of my life something has been messed up, or extremely challenging or just not what I expected and over and over again I have had God remind me to be dependent on Him and by extension, other people....like roommates and parents :) The most obvious example was the physical pain I went through this summer.

I had been having constant abdominal pain for about nine months and it had been getting progressively. Finally, I was taken to the ER in the middle of the night while at Young Life camp in New York (perfect timing!). I spent the next two weeks in intense pain and on pain killers around the clock until the did surgery on me. They found out what the problem was and removed the cause of the pain, but I still spent a couple more weeks recovering and being very needy and dependent on my family and friends.

Anyway, today I was dealing with another trying situation and I listened to the song that has been a huge blessing to me this summer as I deal with needing God...or realizing that I need Him...more than ever :)

Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciW8r-5kCDY