Well, I just finished my first year of college. My first year of college is done. Wow…Where has my time gone? Already looking back, there are things I wish I had not done, but there are so many experiences I have had that I wouldn’t trade for the world. I have changed so much, and I feel like I am finally back on the road I’ve wanted so desperately to be back on - I’m striving to learn and become the woman God wants me to be.
What exactly does that include for me these days? I guess that right now the best way I can explain it is through two passages in the Bible. The first is the ever-popular Proverbs 31 about being a Godly wife. I want to be a woman like that – someone who works tirelessly, even though she has to be exhausted sometimes because she is the first awake and last asleep, and always puts others welfare and happiness in front of her own. There is no way I am ready to be a wife right now, but I want to be a woman like that all the time, including now while I am still young and unmarried.
The second passage is Galatians 5:22-23 about the fruits of the spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. I want to be a woman who embodies those five characteristics so whole-heartedly that one or more of those words are words people who know me would use if asked to describe me.
For a few weeks I was pretty much blindly wandering through my Bible, mostly relying that through prayer God would tell me how to live my life, what to do and so on. My most recent epiphany was – Oh, Jesus already did that through His life on Earth, and that’s what I’m reading in the Bible! Don’t ask me why I didn’t fully grasp that before, but I didn’t. That made the gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – so much more powerful for me because I actually understand the life application. Jesus lived a life as a role-model for everyone to follow, and I am constantly trying to learn, love, and live as much like His example as I can.
So how exactly will I be doing that? Primarily through three different areas of my life – My internship at CEDARS, my job at Christ Kids Child Care, and modeling Christ’s image to my two roommates – Frankie (Francesca) and Ariel. Tomorrow I will have orientation for my internships. CEDARS is an organization that helps youth who are at-risk in the community. I will probably be working in infant child development or with middle-school aged youth. I began working at Christ Kids last week – it is essentially a day-care. So far I have been working with the 2-3 year olds and I absolutely love it. Even having only worked there for a week so far, I will probably change my minor from women’s studies/GLBTQ studies to something more children/youth based.
Today my two roommates and I moved into our apartment, which was a monumental undertaking in itself. We are getting along well, and I’m looking forward to this summer. I expect great and wonderful things – I’m sure God has some ideas I can’t even begin to come up with.
Hope everyone is almost to summer – let the good times begin!
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