Goodbye Melbourne, today I am leaving for Sydney!

A goodbye to my special little brother behind me, a ten-hour drive with my mumma ahead of me, and a lifetime of following wherever my God leads me. Pretty darn scary- yet very excited to see where I end up!

Up until recently I was going to board with a family in Sydney, but after a lot of prayer I felt God whispering that he had another plan for me.

Two days after deciding that this was not God’s plan for me, I met two beautiful people- Amy and Zach.

Zach is a friend of my boyfriend Josh’s. They worked together at a surf shop, skate together and talk boy stuff like ‘Call.Of.Duty’ – hmmmm… perhaps I will find other things to talk about with Zach.

& Amy is a bubbly, intelligent girl, who like me has very long brown hair and is quite fond of the bohemian style!

During my week of hanging out with them, I watched Amy and Zach come to faith in Jesus and encounter God’s furious love and never ending grace for them. Not long after that, they asked me to move into their South/West Sydney unit with them and I have had a peace from God wash over me ever since.

So… our home will be filled with a lot of laughter, friendship, prayer and… study!

I will be studying Christian Ministry/Theology at Tabor College.

I already have plans to head to Thailand in April for a week’s holiday with my family and 7-10 days of mission work in a children’s home & I am dreaming up the idea of doing a 3-month mission school in Mozambique, Africa at the end of this year or early next year!

Ahhh life is looking pretty darn great!

So what has God been doing in my life recently?

Well, for starters he is teaching me the art of trusting in him no matter what’s ahead, and he is showing me his amazing provision and faithfulness everyday.

Some days I wake up surrounded by his light and I can literally feel his presence filling my room, and other days I have to fight to be in relationship with him because it becomes too easy to push God aside.

Everyday for me is a choice.

A choice to pray,

A choice to do what’s right,

A choice to smile,

A choice to cry out to God for help…

A choice to live in his kingdom, rather than this world.

And do you know what I love?... The fact that my God loves and trusts me enough to let me make choices!

Let’s be honest… It becomes pretty easy to sin when your God gives you the choice between good and evil.

I was reminded of something recently whilst chatting with another one of my beautiful new Sydney friends, Jasmine.

She asked me why God didn’t make it so that everyone has to love him.

I asked her in return… How would you like it if every single person in your life HAD to love you, HAD to be your friend? You wouldn’t feel very loved would you?

And then it hit me again… like us, God just longs to be loved! Loved by you and loved by me!

He reminded me through this conversation that although prayer is very important, so is worship!– for worship is when we love on and adore God!

So this year I am determined to find as much time as I can to worship my God. Just loving on him and seeking nothing in return… I think in that I will find true joy!