Once again God has shown me the life that I used to live. I got together with a very good friend from highschool for the first time in about a year. I had been so excited to meet up with this particular friend for a long time. When we got together, it was an awkward outing for me. The two of us had changed in two different \ly drastic ways. All my friend wanted to talk about was his partying life, a life that used to be interesting to me. I thank God for breaking the chains that I was bound in. I praise Him that I am a new person, that I am not what I once was. I also thank God that he has shown me what He delivered me from.

God is so good and faithful! Today, for my mission trip fundraising, I had a donation table at my Dad's church. I was blessed with $290 in donations and I am praying that more will come from the congregation. On top of that, God answered my prayer in another much needed financial area. I had been praying that today I would receive at least one monthly pledge for my Honor Academy internship. One woman whose grandaughter attended Honor Academy came and told me that she wanted to support me with a monthly pledge! How great is our God!!

Today I had an interesting conversation with an old friend of mine from high school. I had always thought that I had lived a good life until recently I realized that I was living a fairly "normal" life. God changed my life and today I got a look at what my life used to be. I talked to this friend and we got into the subject of partying. I told him I never really was the type to go to parties. His response to my comment took me entirely by surprise. He told me that he always thought I was a partier!
After he said that, I sat in shock. I always thought I was a good little Christian girl. Obviously I wasn't living as an example for the Lord.
I think we all have been through times when we were not producing the fruit of the spirit (love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control). I challenge you, as well as myself,  to pray over these fruits. That they would grow abundantely in your life and be visible to those who you associate with.