God promises that when we obey, we will be rewarded. On occasion, these rewards are more tangible and visible. When I decided that the right thing to do was to honour my parents by agreeing to live at home this semester, I didn't want to do it. I felt that it was the right thing to do and felt God's peace about my decision when I did agree though. My reward was God bringing me a wonderful Christian guy to hang out with for the last two weeks. "Officially unofficial" is the only formal title we put to it, since he's moved to Rhode Island for 5 months to take a job. I'm not terribly distraught though. He'll be back a couple times in September for some dj jobs he committed to before leaving, plus hopefully sometime around Thanksgiving or Christmas, and we'll be in constant communication.
It's times like these that I really reflect on how good God is, when He chooses to send us very tangible reminders. At the beginning of the summer, I was very uninterested in anything like a relationship for various reasons, and was despairing my overall luck with guys. I had no clue that 2 months later I'd be a little more than friends with a guy who is not only fun to be around and easy to talk to, but also a Godly example. Not to mention that before he moved, he lived abaout 10 minutes from me...not important but definitely convenient when we were staying up til all sorts of stupid hours watching tv and having adventures.
School starts late this year. Most of my classes start Sept. 1, my Korean class actually starts the 8th. Doing the two campus thing will be interesting. Weds morning 9am class will be tough but so far it's my only early class. None of the other days have class before 1pm which is good and bad. It's kinda what screwed me over last semester. I was up til 4am every night cause I didn't have to wake up til 11am. I imagine my parents won't let me sleep that late living at home, and I won't really have all the freedom to be out and about horribly late, though I will have the car. Luke is going to Maryland but I keep the car since I'm living home going to school. There are perks!
God is good. Job 34:10 I keep written on my wrist as a reminder that "Far be it from the Almighty to do wrong." It is a constant reminder to me when I'm frustrated that God knows what He is doing and has a plan. cf. Jeremiah 29:11.
Peace Y'all.
[21 days and counting down]
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