Rolling Along

Have you ever felt like life was suddenly jolted into you with more volts than you thought you could handle?  There are certain seasons in life where it comes at you like this and I am currently in one of these seasons.

I am nearing the end of my undergraduate life and can say it has been a great experience.  I do not want to go into details or long lists of things accomplished.  Instead, I want to explain how it is that this excellent time in my life will not be missed as if it were only a dream, but built upon.  This is not my building by the way.

I came to college with the idea that I would major in buisiness or engineering and actually made my decision as to which school I would attend based off of these two programs.  After enrolling I changed this aim and began to talk about seminary as a possibility.  My whole Freshman year I was just a pre-seminary student which at this college is about as defined as undecided.  I only tell you this short story so that you might understand that what I am about to tell you has been building up in my life and not an abrupt change in direction.

I have been accepted at a seminary.  Actually not just a seminary, but my first choice.  My housemates can tell you how I reacted to this news.  This news is affirmation to a purpose I have learned to make central in my life.  When I learn that this purpose I have made central is actually supposed to be central this affirmation sparks a level of joy I only hint at in my usual celebrations.

College has molded me in ways I did not anticipate.  That is to say any plans I thought I had were altered, never happened, but always superseded.  I did not bring myself to where I am today on my own accord.  My ideas of the future will not be the last word in what is to be this life I live.  I think this kind of uncertainty can leave a person fearfully paralyzed if God's mercy is forgotten.

I am coming to a point in life where I will reach another summit and get a chance to take my bearings  and rest for a short while.  I will stay on the path laid ahead of me though and follow my guide and protector into the vallies that lie ahead.  He gave me a brief look at where we are heading together to encourage me.    Joy is my one response.

Blessings!