WELL.
It sure has been a long time since I last posted, hasn't it?
I could go back and tell you everything that's happened since the last time, but it's been so long that I don't want to take the time to do that! Oh well :) Just know that I've been growing, learning more than I ever thought possible, and that I am enjoying this semester a million times more than the last!
Why? Here is a list of reasons:
1. My perspective has changed. Last semester I got VERY good at feeling sorry for myself, and wanting pity from other people because of how busy I was. How wrong of me! I've started keeping a journal and writing down everything good that happens in my day that I can be thankful for, starting from when I get up and ending when I'm laying in bed making the list. It has CHANGED me. It's amazing what choosing to focus on the good instead of dwelling on the bad does.
2. I'm taking one less credit, switching from 18 to 17.
3. I'm not in ANY gen. eds. Yippee!
4. I'm in Methods I, which means that I'm now accepted into the TEP (Teaching) program here at Cedarville, and I'm only taking 4 classes. 2 of those classes are with my favorite profs in the whole wide world, Dr. Sweigard and Mrs. Clark.
5. I'm with the same 25 other people in those classes, and I LOVE our group! We've become like one big family. They are wonderful people that love Jesus and love teaching.
6. Mine and Hannah's friendship just keeps growing. We've been through a lot together this semester, good and tough. We've held each other up, cried and laughed together, and have leaned on Jesus together when it seemed like no one else understood or felt the same way we did. We pushed each other toward Scripture and Jesus. Even though it was NOT fun, I am so thankful for that week because it changed us in a way.
7. I have NO boy drama. None. Zilch. Nada. I'm as free as a bird, and I am LOVING it! My eyes have been opened to how obsessed people at Cedarville are with relationships. It drives me bonkers. What happened to letting God work things out in His timing? What happened to being content with where He has us in our singleness? Now, that doesn't mean that I think guys should just wait until God drops some girl in their laps to pursue someone, and that girls shouldn't show some interest in a guy. I just mean that it's not something that COMPLETES people or fills up their voids. Being single doesn't take away any value from Who the Lord has made us to be. Single people can do so many things! People in relationships can do other things. Both are so different, and both are so wonderful. I just think people so easily forget that being single can be wonderful, too. I am currently experiencing how wonderful it is :) I'm not worried about finding a husband. I'll be ready when he comes, but I know that's not know. I'm completely content being single, but there's part of my heart that is so overjoyed to find this guy, to know what he's like, to be his loyal helper, and someday his wife. But until then, I'm riding S-O-L-O.
8. This semester is FLYYYYYYING by! It's crazy. How quickly is going makes me so excited for it to be done, but sad for it to be done at the same time. What a strange feeling!
9. I LOVE MY GIRLS. This semester is so much better in that I am used to being an RA. Living with each other is completely natural, and I have been getting closer to some of my girls. I went shopping with a couple of them last weekend and had a BLAST. They are such encouragement to my heart! They are great :)
10. I think what I like the most about this semester is the renewed and rekindled love for Scriptures I have in my heart. I went through a similar phase in high school about my junior year. It's not that I haven't loved Scripture in between that time and this one, it's just different. I LOVE reading it. I get excited to read it. I think that it's partially because of things I'm going through that just make it so alive. I think that it's also due to the fact that I got my first study Bible I've ever had. IT'S SO COOL. I simply love it. It's Dr. David Jeremiah's study Bible (that I found on Amazon for $34.00, by the way.) It has made such a difference!
Well, I need to get reading on some homework. I'll try to write more often from now on!
Stand firm and take heart!
