Emily Alexander

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This is Emily


Emily has been my friend since grade school. During high school we became super close. Like me, Emily is very much herself and exhibits a FULL personality. As classmates, teammates, and friends we made each other better. Putting two very outgoing people into one room would usually result in a competitive nature of “who is funnier” or “who is better”, but we worked off each other laughing and living in a co-inhabited atmosphere. 

The most amazing thing is that she hasn’t stopped pushing me to be better. Emily still invests in me as a person. We have both have thrived in our faith this year and she is an amazing accountability partner. Last time we met she asked me how my relationship with God was doing (It wasn’t well). I began to confide in her and tell her that I felt distant from God, but I was doing all the right things. Here is what I took away from her reply:

In the book of Luke, Jesus comes to Mary and Martha’s house. When he comes in Mary sits at his feet and just listens to him while Martha immediately goes into the kitchen intending to serve her guest. She gets frustrated and says to Jesus, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!". Jesus then tells Martha, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." 

This story focuses on the importance to the presence of God.

Em then told me “Chlo, Mary was present with Jesus, Martha was performing for Jesus. Who are you?” 

Performing is good but you can’t perform for Jesus without being present. 

This shifted my motives for the better. 

This is just the type of person Em is. She cares about each person so deeply and takes into consideration their relationship with the Lord. She is amazing!

Here are some treasures about Emily Beth:
1.    She is an AMAZING singer. She recently started singing for her worship team at Life Church in Stillwater
2.    She always pushes people to be the best image of themselves and to BE themselves
3.    She is CRAZY athletic. Y’all. She is so good 
4.    She is the best encourager I know—always encouraging others no matter the circumstance
5.    She is beautiful inside and out
6.    She loves her family with her whole heart. I know just about everything about her siblings because she loves them so much and is ever so proud of the both of them  
7.    Whatever she is doing, she is doing it with her whole heart
Em, you are so so loved. 
Just a girl who likes to crack some jokes, make you laugh, and loves her fam bam and friends.

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