Meet my beautiful cousin Nina!!! Her nickname is Puncha... so feel free to use that against her. She is probably the funniest and most oblivious person that I know. She has a kind soul and uses her resources for the good of others. She loves to go to Mexico to serve the children there and uses her talents for the glorification of Christ. We spent many a days playing dress up and making music videos, playing restaurant and watching Disney movies; but most of all we often can have deep conversation that serve for the edification of both of our souls. I know she loves Jesus above all else and wishes to use her life for the furthering of His kingdom. Love this girl a whole lot.
Last Sunday's youth sermon was truly convicting. And not just a "yeah, that was important" type of convicting, but really a "wow, I need to change my whole perspective and really hit the root issue here, truly repent and ask God to change my heart in this regard" type of convicting. The whole time I felt as though the sermon had been specially crafted for me- to really get me to analyze my own heart and realize how little I love the people that are truly my brothers and sisters. By nature I love to critique everything- I always thought it would be awesome to have a career where I get to criticize companies or stores and tell them what they are doing wrong. Unfortunately my sinful nature brings this into the way I deal with people. As I was listening to the sermon I realized that judging people was just my default setting. In my own head, to myself, I always concealed this as honest assessment or analyzing- instead of downright, sinful judging. When I would be c