I know I have mentioned before just how thankful I am to be where I am right now in my life, but I am mentioning it again because the thankfulness still rings true, every single day, my heart is thankful. I am blessed and I realize that every day that I wake up at the beautiful campus that is Mercer University. I am grateful that I have met so many new friends while here and that I am able to be involved in so many new, challenging, rewarding things. Last night, me and one of my best girl friends sat down and wrote down things in our planner for the next couple of months. Literally, it is so full. However, the fullness brings joy to my soul. To know that I can spend a weekend at Epworth by the Sea with my Wesley group, to know that I have bible study one night a week, to know that I can wake up and go to the gym with friends, and to know that on Saturdays I will be in the stands cheering on the Bears brings utter fulfillment to my soul. I am so happy here and know that this is right where I am supposed to be at this particular time in my life. While most days, I have moments of weakness because I miss Clay, I press on because this is my new home and one day my new home will have made a totally new, better, enriching home for both me and him.
As teenagers, I know that we can get lost in this crazy world, trying to fit in and be somebody. It takes time and hard work to truly get where one wants to be. However, as teenagers, myself included, I hope that we can dig down deep to find where the rubber meets the road and to find where and what it is that makes us tick, what is it that makes our soul joyful, what is it that makes us content in where we are. For me, yes I am happy at Mercer, but before I made this move in my life, I prayed long and hard about it. I still pray continuously for God to show me His way and where I am supposed to be. I don't know that we are ever FULLY content, but I know that we can get pretty dang close if we take time to smell the roses, take time to listen to your heart, and take time to follow the One who leads your heart. I am thankful that I have done so for there is no doubt in my mind that I am right where He wants me.
Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
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