Rylee's God Things

 Hey hey!  Back again only eleven days after my last post. Broken record?!?!? This first semester as a third year has been so so wild. Half of what I get to do and what my life looks like has been totally unexpected in the best way possible.  Before returning for my third year, Holy Spirit whispered to me that there would be some "gentle surprises" along the way this year. If you know me, you know I do not enjoy surprises. I love to know what's going to happen and what's going on at all times. Christmas kills me because I just wanna know what I'm getting!! Anyone else this way?! Anyways, I was never told what these gentle surprises would be or what they would look like, I just walked into my third year expecting some sort of surprises.  The first was probably two weeks into returning to Los Angeles. The first years were about to arrive and with being in a new building this year, everything was all a little different. I had moved into the first floor of our three f...

Here's the true test of the motives in your heart:  Would you still write if no one was reading it?  How do you act when you don't think anyone is watching?  A true posture of humility.  Philippians 2:3 TPT "Be free from pride-filled opinions, for they will only HARM your CHERISHED UNITY. Don't allow self-promotion to hide in your hearts, but in authentic HUMILITY put others first and view others as MORE important than yourselves." (emphasis was my own)  I was in a staff meeting the other day, thinking about the people around me and how blessed I am to learn from them and grow as a leader with them. Then I starting thinking about something so small that I used to practice but I no longer do: I've been walking into rooms with the heart posture that I have little to learn. I'm not sure where or when I picked up this prideful nature, but I did. And as I sat in that staff meeting, I realized I still have so much to learn.  Jesus walked into rooms as the least ...