Change is Change!

Beautiful day! What am I doing sitting inside in front of a computer screen when the sunshine is oh so inviting..? Oh wait...i forgot about the 14 million pages of notes I have that I'm currently NOT studying. Even so, the window next to me is helping to lift my spirits a bit. As does the angelic voice of Regina Spektor.

Life has been full of interesting lessons, growth, frustrations and joys as of late. What a beautiful Jesus I have! I love the way that He writes my story, romances me with the sweetest things, and whispers precious secrets to me. I have never loved my life more or more looked forward to waking up in the mornings to see what new things I will learn about Him.

Recently, God has really been convicting me about litter. Twice this week I've awkwardly creeped up and picked up some trash that someone right in front of my has dropped. I spent like 5 extra minutes at the park yesterday picking up random trash from all over a field. Now, please don't hear this as "Oh what a excellent citizen I am!" but simply that...there's deep conviction in my heart for this!

But why?? What's the big deal Lord? What are you trying to teach me?

I heard Him say, "Lauren, I want you to leave places better than how you found them."

So wow, I took that literally for a while and continued my trash picking up duty. But then, I realized that God has called me to so much more than that! Yes, it's one thing to leave a place cleaner that it was when I was there, but I want to change it all!
I want rooms to be a more positive environment than it was before I was there.
I want to walk away from each person I interact with knowing that they are more encouraged than when we first interacted.
I want to be intentional in every situation to make a positive change in some way.

So, with this goal in mind, I will continue to pick up every scrap of I pass, love people consistently enough that they know they will be encouraged by me, and smile enough to change the atmosphere of the room.






It may be small....but I won't despise the day of small things!!
Change is change!