Sabbath

I am sitting at school on my two hour break today just catching my breath. Today has been a whirlwind, Tuesdays are my longest days I am at the school from 830-630 and I am just feeling a tad overwhelmed with the massive amounts of information being thrown my way. I am a very organized person and I like structure, there are still a lot of un answered questions regarding my timetable when it comes to tutorials/labs/lectures and I hear 6 different things from people who are no more knowledgable then me and its frustrating. I am excited for this first week to be over because then I will have gone to all my classes and got a bit of a taste of how this whole university thing is going to work.

Aside from all the confusion and newness

I LOVE IT! I am right where I belong and I have never felt Gods direction so clear for my life as I do when I am within the compounds of this school. So, yes it is a bit muddled right now but I am not going to stress about it, the little things are going to be figured out. My course load is pretty heavy and I already have a million things to do, but I will enjoy doing them. I am finally heading somewhere and it's great.

Throughout all this,

I need to remember to rest, to find sabbath, to really make time for myself within the presence of God, I may not have the opportunity to set aside a whole day of rest as that is just not feasible with my work and school schedule. But I am going to make it priority to set aside an hour, minutes, a moment - multiple moments throughout the day to stop and really just thank God for what he has provided me with to be where I am today, to really delve into His Word and find rest in His security.

I am really excited and pumped about my future!!

- Kim

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