A New Season

Wow! Graduation Day was hectic, fun, exciting, exhausting day. I'm pretty sure I've never had a fuller day. However, I am so blessed for the days events which included graduating, seeing family, packing, saying goodbye to friends, and becoming a girlfriend. I am continually amazed by God's providential hand in my life, planning events in ways far beyond my ability. For one, my family forgot their graduation tickets at home, leaving me wondering how they were going to get in. As I was waiting in the crowded AC lobby for them, I overheard a woman talking to one of the staff members, handing him five tickets, explaining that they were extras. I went up to him and asked if I could use them for my family. He not only gave them to my family, who was walking in at that exact moment, but also kindly helped us find a few more. Who would have known? I admit my own lack of faith in the process and looking back regret that instead of praying for God to provide a way, I schemed and fretted about how to get the tickets. God is faithful to us even in our unbelief. In my class, Romans and Galatians, we have learned how one of God's main points in Romans is that He is faithful to His unconditional promises, and that this is what really saves us, not our faith in Him. Praise God, for I am daily reminded of my own depravity. He is good all the time.

So here I am now, unpacking a never-ending supply of worthless possessions and thinking of what I've left behind. I am in STL for a reason this summer, and want to live intentionally while here. I am excited about some opportunities I have and the time I have to do them. Yet, they are quieter things, not the busy and social bustle I am used to. This'll definitely be an adjustment. I've really come to enjoy being an RA, being around tons of people, running from group to group, and sharing my life with a wonderful group of meaningful friends. Here, in the "real world," there are not crowds of Christian peers at your finger's reach wherever I turn. I wonder how my adjustment will be to this? Moving from one phase to another, very different, phase. I am again thankful for the consistency of God's faithfulness and the wisdom of His provision. I am excited for this season, but bittersweetly reflective of the last. Is life always this way?