Where does time go?

Since I have taken a hiatus from my blog for, well, an entire semester of school, I thought I would give y'all a brief summery of how fall semester at Northwest went for me. If you know me at all, you know that me and school don't go well together. It's not that I don't like school, or that I am not incredibly grateful to be in school, it's just that school is hard. It gives me anxiety. Basically, all the negatives of school outweigh the positives.

Going into this school year, way back in August, I said a prayer. A quick prayer that was more of a desperate plea to God because I thought that what I was praying was not going to actually happen. I prayed that the Lord would give me a new love for school and that I wouldn't take this year for granted. That I wouldn't miss this year because I was so overwhelmed with the hard parts of school. That I would love and embrace the hard moments as a chance to learn more. 

Guess what... about two weeks into school, I started to actually like school. What?!?! And then that like for school turned into a love for school. Did I just say that?-- Isn't it funny how God hears even the small prayers that have virtually no faith behind them. That seams to be a theme in my life. I think other people were praying for me as well because I was extremely stressed before I started my senior year. I am thankful for my friends, family and Church family who prayed over me in this season. And I am so thankful for a God who hears desperate prayers. 

So now here I am in my very last semester of my senior year and I don't want to stop learning. I am enthralled with the stuff I am learning about the Bible, about God's character and about how to live those truths out in this world. Who knows, maybe there will be graduate school in my future. We'll see! 

^^ My sister and I on New Years Day. I love this goofy photo of us! ^^

fear

I have never described myself as fearless.

I have struggled with both physical fear and emotional fear since as long as I can remember. Laying in bed at night, I was always afraid I would awake to someone breaking into our house. I have been afraid that Jesus won't love me when I sin. I am scared people won't think highly of me or respect me because of my age.

Psalm 27:1 is tattooed on my arm because of this reason. "The Lord is my light and my salvation so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress protecting me from eveil so why should I tremble?"

I have recently been meditating on the story in the bible when Peter walks on water. Peter walks on the water torward Jesus and starts to sink because he is afraid. Jesus had given me this story as an example for my life. I will sink out of fear of what is around me at all times if I do not keep my eyes on Jesus. 

The waves around me as I walk torward Jesus are my fears. Fear of failure or not being good enough. Fear of what others think of me. Fear of sin. Keeping my eyes on Jesus will not make me perfect but Jesus doesn't expect that from me. Keeping my eyes on Jesus will help me to walk in what he wants me to walk in. 

All this being said, I met with a wonderful woman a few months back. As we entered into conversation she, without knowing my fear of fear, described me as "fearless". And of course I cried and told her this story. God spoke through Stephanie that day. I needed that confermation. Jesus is so good.

1. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. - Matthew 14:22-23

Just a little bit about me

My husband and I married on December 29th, 2013. Life is so much sweeter with him. I use this space to write about our journey of marriage, the good, the bad and everything in between.

We live on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Everyday is a new coffee shop, a new bar, or a new yummy meal.  There are endless neighborhoods to stroll through with beautiful views and beautiful people. We love getting to know our city.

I work at a Church and help lead their serve the city initiative. It's something I never thought I would do but I cannot imagine doing anything else.

Mason grew up in Tacoma and I moved there when I was fourteen. I went to one of the coolest high schools out there, Tacoma School of the Arts. Mason went to Stadium High school, you know, the highschool in the movie 10 things I hate about you. So beautiful. 

Theres a little bit about me and my humble story. I would love to get to know yours.

Continuing something I love

Hi there. My name is Cambria and I have been married to my best friend, Mason for just over one year. Wow! I can't even believe it's been one whole year. I have been a blogger since I was a young fifteen year old and I have always loved it with my whole heart. But when I started college two and a half years ago, I slowly stopped blogging because college got the best of me. Boy-oh-boy is school a lot of work. I'm not one of those naturally good students, haha. Anyways, one of my 2015 New Year reselutions was to do more of the things that I truly enjoy and blogging was on that list. So here we go, I am comitting to do something I love to do and I am excited to see where it takes me.