I love fall! It's such a beautiful time. I love watching the leaves change colors and fall from the trees. I enjoy running with the leaves crunching beneath my feet. I just wish there was enough time for it! School has kept me extremely busy and doesn't leave a whole lot of time for other things. I can sometimes fit in the gym or a run every now and then but not as much as I'd like. Just makes me really enjoy the times I do get to go. At the end of the summer I thought I would start training for a marathon or at least a half, but school hasn't left much room for training, so I'm not sure what to do about that!
Having a few days off this week has been really nice. I've been able to catch up on some homework and much needed sleep. I've made all sorts of goodies from pumpkin sugar cookies, carmel corn, even made meatloaf and apple crisp for the boys. It has been pretty quiet around home with it just being me, dad, and Cam but it gave me time to enjoy doing homework in my own quiet room! First time I haven't been distracted from my homework in a LONG time!
College is such a weird time. What do you call home? I live at school more than I do at home. All my stuff is at school. I wasn't at "home" all summer, so there really isn't many connections at "home". So, where is home? I feel like its somewhere new every few months. And yet, as I try to still figure this out God is challenging me to be content in all situations. To praise Him in every season.
I'm loving my new job! I enjoy getting to build a relationship with students and encourage them to look into coming to Olivet. It's given me an opportunity to share my passion or Olivet with others. God definitely taught me patience through waiting for a job and I am so thankful that He did. I'm only working 4 hours a week, but for now it's a good amount with everything else I am committed to. It leaves a little time for homework and to sleep for a few hours!
One of the challenges for me lately has been all of the distractions around me. Sometimes it can be so hard to stay focused when there are a thousand other things going through my head, but it's a daily battle to put those aside and focus on the present. Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I didn't like to be in control. How much easier would it be to give God complete control if I wasn't a control freak? The Lord is truly the only one who has control. He's the only one I can depend on. He's the one who is never busy, always home, and who always cares. He knows my thoughts when I can't even put them into words (it takes someone very special to understand those!) It can be so easy to let the distractions around me cause me to feel dissatisfied or incomplete, but God says not to dwell on what we don't have. He tells us that He has something so much greater, something unfathomable if we just allow Him to have the reigns to our life.
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