This semester has been nothing shy of craziness. I'm surprised that I can still function half the time. But nonetheless, God is still good through it all.
This semester has probably been the most challenging for me thus far because I have all academic classes and no, yes I said no, dance technique classes. I have never been so overwhelmed nor stressed out about getting work done. I now understand why people who take academic classes for their major are stressed out all the time. It's hard work. Constant work that never ends. I feel like I can never fully catch up in any of my classes. There is pretty much no way to "get ahead" of my work because it is constant. Through this constant work, I'm learning that my time management isn't the best. At least not as good as I thought it was. The only thing that gets me getting my work done is making to-do lists on my big pink post-it notes. If it's written on a post-it note, you can guarantee that I'll get it done.
Along with my crazy class schedule, I am also the co-leader of CRU's freshman ladies bible study. I don't think anyone could understand how much I love the freshmen ladies that I have encountered thus far. THEY ARE AWESOME!!! I'm slowly getting to know them on individual levels and hearing their stories of how God has transformed their lives. I love how vulnerable they are and how open they are to share their hardships with God and also the victories that God has won for them. Just today, I got to have a super awesome coffee date with one of my freshman who I absolutely adore. Learning about her and her story was so encouraging and beautiful. It just reminds me of how awesome of a God we serve. He does things that bring us to him even if we don't understand why. I never thought that I of all people would be leading a freshman bible study, but I can definitely say that the Lord is using it to bring himself glory and to reveal himself to me in so many different ways. I just pray and ask that you also pray that all of our girls that regularly attend will know the Lord in an intimate way and that if they don't right now, that God would reveal himself to them in His timing.
This semester I am also going to a bible study with the leadership ladies...and this bible study happens at 7:30 on Tuesday mornings. This is really early and sometimes I wonder why the heck the Lord would have us meeting that early, but it is such a sweet time. I'll admit, I was so negative about having bible study that early. I mean surely there is another more reasonable time that we can all meet to study the Word together. This time has turned into a really sweet time of being vulnerable and real with each other as well has being encouraged by God's Word. We are going through Galatians together and I think it has been challenging yet hopeful.
I'm constantly reminded how sovereign God is even when I think my world is crumbling or that I'm not giving him all of my praises. He is good in every situation, but he is also just. He uses EVERY single situation or season of life to bring HIS name glory, not mine. He is enough for me and no friend or guy could ever measure up to that. I'm so thankful that God chose me to become His daughter and to change my heart to one that wants to serve and learn about him daily.
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