My college campus at dusk is quite the beautiful sight. I have this love for architecture and gorgeous lighting, so when they are combined, it’s just great. I’m in the library on the fourth floor overlooking part of campus. The way light changes throughout the day is breathtaking.
I feel like this semester has been very different than any of the other nine semesters of college I’ve experienced. God has done a lot in my life: A lot of healing and self discovery. Growth in who I am as a person. A relationship that has taught me more about what it means to follow Christ and have a life centered on Him. A more solidified belonging at my church. A better sense of community that I have had yet to experience in my own hometown. I strongly believe that God has been slowly changing my heart in a lot of areas of life. I never expected to enjoy living here. I never expected to be at peace about so much. But I also know that no matter what happens next, God has a purpose for it in my life.
This is one of the first semesters that I feel like I’ve actually cared about my classes and tried really hard to do my best work. (I’m not counting my semester in Colorado. That is a semester all in its own.) I’m paying all this money for an education-I want to walk away with a fantastic design portfolio and beautiful artwork actually worth hanging on my wall. This newfound attempt at doing really well hasn’t come easy though. It has been a total transformation from where I was my freshman year. Seeing how far God has brought me in so many areas of my life gives me hope that He will continue to transform me into someone more like Jesus.
I feel like I’m at a point in life where God could take me anywhere at any moment. Well, any moment after I graduate. I don’t know what that looks like, and I’m not sure when I’ll have an answer for it, but I do know that whatever happens, no matter how I feel, there will be an awesome purpose in it. An awesome purpose based on how I’ve been shaped so far, and how I’ll continue being shaped. Yes please. Spring semester 2012, thank you for your lessons.
More life updates, lessons, prasies, etc. coming soon. :)
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