So...my family just left for Kansas City and I'm at home finishing up my packing and getting ready to head to Russellville tomorrow. My mom's been busy all day getting everything they needed ready for the tournament and she just got home about two hours ago. I've been home packing so we haven't seen each other much. She walked by about 30 minutes ago and said "Can you tell I'm pretending you aren't leaving for college again?!" I just laughed. Well, she and the boys just left to pick up Claire and my dad and head to KC. First my brothers came in, hugged me and said "See ya in two weeks!" (sweet, but not a big deal..we only live and hour and 15 minutes from each other!). Then...my mom came in and....surprise, surprise....she cried! "I just don't like this! I don't like not having you home! I'm glad you love it and I would really hate it if you didn't but it's just sad that you're leaving!" Lol. I'm glad to be loved and it makes me happy that I'm missed and I DO love being home and I WILL miss my family! BUT...Tech is where I'm supposed to be right now and I couldn't be more ready to get back up there!
So...why am I posting about and where am I headed with this?! I guess my little moment with my mom just made me think back over this last year and about where I was this time last year. I was the one crying!! Of course she was too, but I was BAWLING!! Like a baby!! lol. In fact I cried myself to sleep every night for the first two weeks of school! I hated not being in Little Rock with my family and friends. I hated not really knowing anyone at Tech. I hated having to meet new people, go to new classes, have a new schedule, live in a new town...I hated change.
I guess to some degree I still don't love change, but I've learned to not only accept it, but to embrace it! I think that God puts change in our lives so that we don't get too comfortable. Not saying that God wants us to be uncomfortable, but I know that for me, change always takes me back to Him! When I was miserable those first two weeks and I didn't know anyone, God was my Rock. He was my best friend. He was the one thing that was constant in my life! No matter what changed--my home, my friends, my food, my bed--God stayed the same!
Going to college last year and leaving everything familiar to me was hard, but God brought me through it and taught me SO much!! I couldn't be more thankful for the people He's brought into my life and the hard times He's brought me though and the great opportunities I've been given! So I guess my main thought here would be that change may be hard and seem like and obstacle at the time, but look to Christ in the situation and what it is that He's trying to do. And you may not be able to see His plan at the moment, but know that He does have one and it's WAY better than any plan of ours could EVER be!! :)
So...why am I posting about and where am I headed with this?! I guess my little moment with my mom just made me think back over this last year and about where I was this time last year. I was the one crying!! Of course she was too, but I was BAWLING!! Like a baby!! lol. In fact I cried myself to sleep every night for the first two weeks of school! I hated not being in Little Rock with my family and friends. I hated not really knowing anyone at Tech. I hated having to meet new people, go to new classes, have a new schedule, live in a new town...I hated change.
I guess to some degree I still don't love change, but I've learned to not only accept it, but to embrace it! I think that God puts change in our lives so that we don't get too comfortable. Not saying that God wants us to be uncomfortable, but I know that for me, change always takes me back to Him! When I was miserable those first two weeks and I didn't know anyone, God was my Rock. He was my best friend. He was the one thing that was constant in my life! No matter what changed--my home, my friends, my food, my bed--God stayed the same!
Going to college last year and leaving everything familiar to me was hard, but God brought me through it and taught me SO much!! I couldn't be more thankful for the people He's brought into my life and the hard times He's brought me though and the great opportunities I've been given! So I guess my main thought here would be that change may be hard and seem like and obstacle at the time, but look to Christ in the situation and what it is that He's trying to do. And you may not be able to see His plan at the moment, but know that He does have one and it's WAY better than any plan of ours could EVER be!! :)
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