Do you ever have those moments when you look back and think "Wow. I can't believe I just did that!"?
Maybe it was after you passed a test, finished your first marathon (or just ran 2 miles) or had a baby or survived your first year parenting or just simply a day at work, or a day in the life of you. I just so happen to be having one of those moments currently, so I thought I'd process it with you.
Two weeks from today I will have just received my Master of Social Work degree. That's right, I will have completed graduate school. Folks, this is not something I ever thought or dreamed I would accomplish. Ever. I went into this whole graduate school thing sort of dragging my feet. Remember that? That was a pleasant learning experience.
What God had in-store for me in the next two years would be insane. Not only would I receive my graduate degree after two years, but I would participate in starting a campus ministry and planting a church, witness broken hearts being healed (both my own and others), learn the exquisite beauty of authenticity, and participate as an intern and eventually a board member at a pregnancy center (click here to see my commercial debut). God would do so much more than I could have imagined in two years.
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| Where I took nearly all my classes |
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| Sunset on the last night of the VBS |
Within all of things God had in store for me, there would be pain. In the last two years there have been some really low points. There were times I felt like I was drowning and no one but Jesus was paying attention. Turns out He is an excellent "lifeguard" to have watching over you when you think no one sees or understands the darkness you are wrestling with. He is always there. No matter what. And what's more, is that I know Him better because He and I walked through these valleys together.
There have been some really great points too! Watching a church family being formed probably tops the list. However, watching sunrises and sunsets, meeting amazing friends, experiencing my first professional bull riding event, herding cattle, and organizing a vacation Bible school for kids in a mobile home community were pretty amazing as well.
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| Some crazy friends I met. |
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| God's glory from my run tonight. |
I would say that I have witnessed God's glory in ways I never thought possible. I felt Him more deeply than ever before. I know Him more intimately than I did two years ago. He has lead me into grad school, been through each day, and is leading me onto the next adventure. And, I could not be more grateful the adventure of graduate school.
What's next you might ask? IDK. For now, I wait. I wait to take and hopefully pass my licensing exam. I wait for God to provide a job, somewhere in central Iowa. I wait for Him to provide a place to live other than my parent's basement (however nice that basement might be). But, I feel that I am doing what the Bible calls me to do. So, I will wait for the revealing of whatever God might have next and rest in remembering His faithfulness in the past.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong and courageous.
Wait for the LORD.
Psalm 27:14
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| He only knows where this path leads next. |
