blessed to be a blessing.

so, today walking out of the cafe on campus, i had one of those wind in the hair moments. and my hair is curled so my big hair flew behind me as went from those doors. i'm sure it was quite glamorous. unfortunately no one could comment because no one was around to see it, which is probably best because if someone was there i probably would have tripped and ruined all of the glamour [i prefer the british spelling here]. but that's just an aside to the real meat of this post.

i'm sitting in the library on my last official class day of the semester, and it makes me a little sad. i'm going to be leaving here this afternoon without the need to return until next fall. and even then just for sf because i'm taking two online courses. although i'm sure that i will find myself in the kind cubicles at the library throughout the summer and the semesters to come. this has really been a "rebuilding" year in my life, and i have dts to thank for a lot of that.

every time i step onto campus i can't help but be overwhelmed with the weight of its glory and just the idea that i get to be a part of it. i just can't conceive how God would choose to put me here for whatever thing He wants to prepare me for (since I don't have a clue what He wants me to do yet). i am so blessed to be here, and i know that i have squandered some of the opportunities that this place would afford me, but i'm learning.

if it were up to me (wallet-willing) i would be a student here forever, but i know that i don't have to be here to be a student of God. i am that every day. i am so blessed to have His Word, and i am so blessed to get to talk directly to my Creator and Master Planner (even if He is occasionally silent -- verbally to me). when you have pleasures and treasures like those, how can you not share them with the world. one thing one of my professors, dr. constable, said in class earlier this semester really struck me, "don't spend your life preparing to serve God and miss out on serving Him now."

that's really the biggest lesson that i've learned here. i've learned about theology and expositing and applying the Bible, but what i learned most is putting faith into action, and not waiting until you're finished here to be a part of God's ministry. the professors and the students here are extraordinary. i hardly dare to call myself a part of them because i'm just in awe of them. they are extraordinary in the way that they learn, live, and love. i have been blessed. thank you, dts.

i pray that i can be a blessing to God's people because of the blessings that i have received.

-lovingly-
k