It's a Lengthy one.

This verse has been an encouragement to me this week:

"'This God--his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him'" (II Samuel 22:31).

David is speaking to the Lord in these verses and giving God praise for victory/reconciliation over/with his enemies. If you keep reading, you see that God is the One who gives, trains, makes, delivers, keeps, and brings. David was by no means inactive, weak, or passive, but God is the one who fights and wins the battles.

I've had to remind myself of that everyday this week through the never-ending cycle of looking for jobs, submitting applications, hearing nothing from anyone, and starting all over again. This week has been challenging. But! Praise Jesus, something finally looks promising! To no surprise, all the credit goes to God.

Before we moved, the roomies and I sort of crashed a graduation barbecue with some Louisville friends. While we were there, I introduced myself to the wife of the guy hosting the event. I told her that I felt terrible for eating their food and all that jazz. Kind of awkward. Last Friday, I met up with some friends at a pot-luck and lo-and-behold, the same woman was there. Turns out, her name is Kristin, and she remembered me, which is kind of embarrassing, but it actually turned out really well. We laughed the whole thing off and she introduced me to other people as "the girl who crashed her party." Hilarious. Anyway, later that night, I told her I was jobless and she said she could probably get me a position at the cafe where she works. I was like, "Heck, yes. I'm desperate." So, she pulled a few strings and I have an interview on Monday!! The lady sounded awesome over the phone and I'm very excited just to have a prospect. Seriously, I've had absolutely no call-backs and it feels very ironic that the one thing I didn't apply for is working out. I am completely aware that this only an interview, but that's better than nothing. It gives me hope and reminds me that God is working despite my worry and distress.

Also cool, is the fact that Kristin loves to run. Since we've moved, (Saturday is the official two week marker) Erin and I have been running around Old Louisville. Kristin offered to run with us. Yesterday we all ran a mile and half! I never dreamed I could do that! Running is like a drug to me, seriously. I love it, need, want it. Ahhh.... So good. By the end of the summer, Erin and I hope we can run at least three miles, because in the fall we plan on signing up for a 5k with some pals in BG!! (Man, I'm annoying myself with all the exclamation points I'm using, but I feel like that's the only way to make my extreme excitement clear). Good stuff.

Also, the roomies and I are exercising our Scrabble skills to the max. There's plans for a championship in the works. We mean business.

Today was Brittany's birthday. It was fun to love up on a dear friend. :)