Bonded

Well, here I go again with this blog thing. I tried this a couple years ago and as most things, stuff comes up and I get distracted and forget about it. But I'm hoping this time will be different, so lets jump in and get started!

In the Summer of 2009 I attended a retreat as an upcoming officer for my sorority. I entered not really knowing anyone, not even the girls from my own school all that well. I learned a lot about the sorority and its traditions, and how even though we are the same organization with 28 different chapter across 9 different state we are so much alike but yet still very different. One story that likes to be brought up by the officers [nearly each year] is from the night we all come together for the Phi Lamb, I guess you would call it song or chant, I'm still not really sure what it is. But anyways, Texas Tech, University of Texas, and Texas A&M, being the first 3 created chapters sit in the very front and they get to start and lead the...whatever you want to call it. The UT and A&M officers, either 1. really actually do this song on a regular basis or 2. are very good at making us think they do. Phi Lamb calls it some kind of bonding song. So here we go, Tech stands up, mimicking what UT and A&M are doing and we all line up in two lines facing our fellow officers. One at a time we cross arms in this unique, yet confusing way and "bond" together, fitting huh? As of course we are singing this song, that us Tech girls think goes something like this "watermelon, watermelon, peach, banana, ummmm... apple, nope watermelon?"...yep that sounds about right. We finish "bonding" with the remaining chapters and the song ends. Us Tech girls are still shaking from trying to hold our laughs in and still have no idea what's going on. But it was at that moment, we really did "bond" as a group of officers.

It's funny how things just click sometimes and finally come together. You walk into an unfamiliar place with people you don't know anything about except their name, but after opening up and spending some quality time things come together and you begin to feel comfortable. This reminds me a lot of my walk with God. I entered this world not knowing a single thing about God, but I was blessed with a family who taught me and brought me to know who he is. At the age of 10 I invited my new, still kind of unfamiliar friend, into my life for good. I took him with me through the rest of elementary school, junior high, high school, and He even came with me to college! He stayed with me day and night and He promised He would never leave. It probably wasn't for me until college that I really jumped in deep with Him. We sang our "bonding" song, crossed arms, and though rough times have come, He never let go. This friendship has been a blessing and encouragement on my life. It is something I wouldn't change for anything and something that I don't know where I would be today without.

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done." [John 15:7] I have chose to Abide in Him, have you? I need God for everything in my life, no matter how big or small the request, but if I am not in Him, He is not in me. It's time to spend that much needed time with Him and "bond" with that great friend we all can freely have. Through this new blog I plan to share things that my friend is showing me and blessing me with every single day through the relationship we are forever building. I challenge you to start or continue your relationship and join me in this exciting journey!