Well I must say, this is a unique situation to be starting my first adult blog. I'm currently amidst twenty or so of my sisters, on the second floor landing of my sorority house, listening to the Police Scanner for news about the recent campus shooting. Although unconventional, it seems as good a time as any to realize how much I have to be thankful for in my life.
Today I received a pretty big wake up call from God, via a few of my wonderful sisters. I'd spent quite a bit of time throwing myself a pity party for a variety of trivial reasons...I wasn't recommended for a position I desperately want, I have to work this weekend so I don't get to go home and see my family and pets, and I'm dealing with seemingly endless drama concering the opposite sex.
Soon I began to hear firsthand about all of the serious issues people are dealing with in life. Some sisters have family members who need emergency surgery, others have family members or close friends who have recently passed away or committed suicice. Suddenly nothing I was going through - not my bout of homesickness, or even my recent breakup of a 4 year relationship - seemed nearly as important. Suddenly, I came to the realization that sometimes God has a plan bigger than I can see with my jaded human eyes.
So I'm on a mission. To blindly put my faith in Him, trusting that he will lead me down a path to happiness. To no longer cling to the smallness of my past, or anyone who has played a role in it. To seize each given day as a new blessing, because it is all too apparent that we are not always guaranteed another. And to discover the person that I truly am, in my heart of hearts.
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
