This is Truly Just the Beginning...

Well dear readers, it is that time of the semester again when finals are upon us and the stress is mounting on campus. Students are running back and forth all over campus today filled with excitement at the fact that when the 50 bell rings they will never again have to sit in that class and listen to a lecture again! For some of us finals week means the end of our college career, for some it's just the beginning, and for a few of us, like myself, it means that next year we will embark on the greatest adventure of our lives as we start doing what we really want to do.

The summer holds many promises for all of us here at BJU, but one thing I know for sure. On August 31, 2013 this campus will once again begin to fill with the eager students who love this school. It will be a new year, a new adventure. For some it will be their year of triumph and for others possibly a year of failure, but one thing rings true...our God is faithful to carry us through every task that He has asked us to accomplish.

For now though, we look forward to a week from today when the FMA will fill with students, family, and loved ones of the class of 2013 and we watch them all get their diplomas in a ceremony that lasts 2 and a half hours and is anything but interesting, but after that it is sweet freedom for five months. Even though a week and a few days seems so far away until I can get on a plane to leave Greenville, I know it will come so fast. In the meantime I will pray, study for finals, get in every second of sleep and coffee consumption that I can and Keep Calm and Write On! ;)

April 2013....May We Never Forget

April 15, 2013 started like any other day. The sun rose and on the East Coast all the energy and excitement was focused in beautiful Boston for the the Boston Marathon. 79 countries were represented at this race, thousands of runners and spectators filled the streets. In Oregon it was a peaceful morning like any other and as the day went on a little town was shaken by two men setting off homemade bombs. Then yesterday evening the town of Waco, Texas was shaken by  an explosion at a local fertilizer factory that left this town in devastation.

So why do I mention all of these things? Simply this. On Monday as I sat in the last five minutes of my class and heard about the bombings in Boston a sudden fear swept over me. As the reports came in and it was believe to be a terrorist attack my fear grew. Was it right for me to be afraid? At the beginning yes, fear is completely natural. To allow my fear to grow as much as it did though showed me once again that I am a human and I don't trust my God as much as I need to.

As scary as things are in America right now I need to constantly remember that my God is always in control. None of these events took Him by surprise at all. My constant prayer is that my trust and faith in Christ is always stronger than my fear of things that could happen, but have not yet happened. Trusting isn't easy, but it is right.

So, these are just my thoughts on what I have been learning the past few days in light of all of the events happening in our country. We need to pray for our country on a daily basis. So, I will pray and Keep Calm and Trust My God!