Hey!
I'm sorry it's been so long since I've last written an update from PCC, but things have gotten to the point where I really have to prioritize. I've fairly well dropped out of everything extra-curricular that isn't mandatory. But thankfully my grades are (for the most part) reflecting the amount of work I've put in.
As I sit here thinking about what's been going on since I last wrote, my mind goes off in two main directions. If I think about the day to day stuff, so much changes that I wouldn't be able to fit it all in. As for the big picture though, not too much changes. I still work at the Distribution Center; still go to the same classes.
I did have a chance to go surfing last Friday night. They have an indoor wave pool, and I was able to make it all the way up on my feet. It's Sunday and it feels like every bone in my body is tense and bruised, but it was definitely worth it! I actually got to experience this with a friend of mine named June who happens to be Mennonite. When I first met her, like everyone else, I thought she was a bit holier-than-thou. She wears a prayer cap daily. But I soon found out just how wrong I was to decide what she was like before I even knew her. She's hilarious, she's sarcastic, she's witty and, as it happens, she loves to play volleyball and surf. Last year (geeze, even last month) I never would have pictured myself learning how to surf with a Mennonite (among the many other things I never thought I'd be doing). But she's no longer just a Mennonite.
She's June.
Anyway...
One of the major struggles I've had to deal with recently is one I've never had to really worry about before: finances. As I sit here, I have laundry in the washers, but I have no money left on my card with which to dry them. I know God will provide; after all, doesn't He say that He provides for our every need? Still, and maybe I'm analyzing this too deeply, but I know that I've spent money where I did not need to, even in this past week. I ate out when I didn't need to. I bought some wrist weights that I'm hoping will help me get in better physical shape, but did I really need them? What if God already provided what I needed, and now I've just squandered it on frivolous stuff when I should have been saving it?
But as I sat down to start my homework today, I looked up a verse in the Bible that I'm having to memorize for New Testament Survey. It's John 6:35, "And Jesus said unto them, 'I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth in me shall never thirst." (KJV of course...that's all they use here). Anyway, I can almost hear Him telling me not to worry. He's going to take care of me, and my sister, and my roommates (who are all in the same boat as I am, as is everyone else on campus, it would seem...).
So I won't...worry, that is.
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