busy, busy, busy

No new blog posts lately, I know I'm lagging. The past 17 days have been so incredible, overwhelming, shocking, and just flat out busy that it's hard for me to even catch up with myself, let alone this blog. There is absolutely no way to fully express what I have been experiencing the past couple weeks. In short, I have moved in to my new flat and tried to make the small white room as homey as possible by decorating the utterly bland walls with my scarves; I have walked a total of at least eight...thousand miles since I moved here and it doesn't matter what shoes I'm wearing, my feet will always get sore; London is phenomenal no matter how many times I've been there; and I'm not sure if I will ever get used to the fact that because of an 8 hour time difference, everyone at home is sleeping while my day passes by so incredibly fast.

God is teaching me so many things even in this short time that I've been here. Honestly, it's difficult to put it all into words. I feel like I never get a minute alone sometimes, so yesterday I woke up early so I could walk to school alone and at my own pace. I read a book while walking for about 10 minutes and I felt exactly like belle in Beauty and the Beast. It was magical. But then I saw one of my neighbors and the solitude was broken. I'm realizing how important it is to step back and have time to think through everything that is going on. I'm realizing how much I need time away from people to slow down, breathe, pray, and feel God. I don't know how people get through life without God, I certainly could not do it. He is the only thing in my life right now that is always stable, always comforting, and always there. I am learning a lot about love this semester...loving others unconditionally and without expectation. Loving everyone, including those that are seemingly impossible to love, the way Christ loves me. God is the only one in the entire universe that could give me the strength to love. I need Him more than anything.

I feel like my thoughts are scattered, and some of this is coming out of left field. I suppose that's what happens when you don't consistently write blog posts....but that's what is going through my head and my heart right now. So there's a little update. Hopefully they'll come more often...