The year is wrapping up and in many ways I still feel like the girl, wearing a Vermont shirt and purple flip-flops, that just got to RIT four years ago. But, many experiences and opportunities have stretched and changed me into a very different person. That sounds cheesey (although true), so I’ll stop. It’s like seeing an old friend from high school and trying to answer the “How’s college?” question in just a few short sentences.
So, what I’ll do is expound more on one of the most important things I’ve learned, which would be commitment and trust. I don’t know when Psalm 37 go ingrained in my mind, but it is, so I’ll share part of it:
4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
Life isn’t a cup of tea. I don’t even like tea. But, I’ve learned that commitment and trust in Christ is what gets me through daunting struggles, daily growth and reassurance to those ambiguous future questions. Things don’t always go my way, but in hindsight, that is a good thing. However, I think it is amazing that there is a God who extends grace and love freely to people (me definitely included) who don’t appreciate it nor recognize it.
Take 3ish months ago. Natalie, Steph and I prayed about things that we don’t want to worry about. Heavy on my list was 1) finding an apartment and roommate in Dallas and 2) getting a job so I could pay for those simple things like food, tuition, gas and an occasional swing dance. Jump forward to the present and all of those things have been taken care of with little doing of my own. I have a roommate in the same program and we’ll be in an apartment literally a stones throw away from the seminary. I got a job at East West Ministries (www.eastwest.org) doing web development for the exact amount of hours I need and just enough money to get by.
I’m thankful. Slap me sometime if I’m not. I have a loving and supportive family and awesome/slightly crazy friends. I’m up for adventure and I hope Dallas involves a few puddle jumping, spinney racquetball games, and food eating contests. I’m excited to dive further into the Bible and start this cross cultural ministries program. God is good.
Here are some photos of my new digs.
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