So this whole Facebook thing isnt so bad. Yesterday I worked from 9-5 and when I left work I still had 65% battery. Today, however, has been "blow up heather's phone" day and Im already at 70%.
So today I got to thinking and for the very first time since I graduated high school, I am not committed to working a single Dnow this year. Thats sad. I love working with those kids and spending a weekend investing in them and building relationships. My mom used to get so frustrated with me in high school because I loved hanging out with the younger girls in the youth group. Its just something I really enjoy doing. She understands why now that I know that I am called to work with youth, especially girls. So having a year of not being a leader for a single Dnow is different for me. Im going to be a lonely girl this semester. Working those Dnows is something I always look forward too because working with those kids gives me that extra push to make it through the semester. They make me laugh and they give me mono. lol Needless to say, its a very sad realization I have had this morning.
God is good though, no doubt.
I was telling the girls I work with this morning that last spring I remember doing an assignment in my Creative Problem Solving class where the "problem" I chose had to do with school and how much its not fun and one of my solutions was to have an extra long spring break. I suggested having the students choose how long the break would be, or making the break a minimum of 2 weeks. I ate my words that semester when I got a very undesirable 4 week spring break. Missing the first week back to class for a death in the family then 2 weeks for having mono..... not cool. I would take going to class over that any day. That story wasn't so funny a few months ago, but it definitely makes me giggle now. Be careful what you wish for?
But I look back now over that semester, and the whole last year, and I am so encouraged by what God has done in my life. My year wasn't easy. I lost both of my grandfather's in a 7 month time span, I struggled in school because of the absences, and there were several other things going on in people's lives around me that also effected me pretty hard. But through it all, God was faithful. Through it all, I came out with a testimony to share with people who are experiencing the same things.
I got an opportunity this summer to share about losing my Grandad with someone who is not a Christian. I got the chance to encourage her and to give her advice on mourning and how to move on with your life and not let the loss of a family member take control of what is going on in your life. But I also got to share with her the real reason why I, 4 months later, could say that I was ok and that life was going on and I was HAPPY about it. I got the opportunity to share Christ with her. This fall semester I have had the joy of loving a friend through a difficult time in a relationship. If it wasnt for the hard time I had in the spring, I would have no idea how to encourage her or give her any advice on how to go about different aspects of this trial. But because God is faithful and because He knew that He was working these things, these difficult things, together to benefit me in the long run, I have advice for her. Because of the trials I faced, I have experience with what she is going through and can pour my heart out to her, and hopefully she can take away something from my experiences and know that regardless of the situation, God is going to take care of her.
If that is what comes out of having a difficult year like the one I had, Im ok with that. I would live it all over again for the opportunity to share it with someone else.
I am, however, looking forward to a new year and hoping that it is not nearly as hard as the last.
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