I am finally getting
back into the swing of things at school. I have a big class load with more
reading than I could ever dream of completing in full. Practicum work at the
local Deaf school should start within the next couple of weeks where I will get
to co-teach with the art instructor. I am super pumped, to say the least.
College ministry at the Christian Student Fellowship has started back up, and
God has already done so much in the last few weeks.
Last week a received
official acceptance as an intern with the Deaf group at Pioneer Bible
Translators. While I am not sure all that this will entail, I do know that I
will be staying stateside. Once my travel expenses are estimated, I will have a
solid diving board for jumping into support raising. I am excited for this
because it is completely out of my comfort zone. It will be a fantastic
opportunity to learn to trust God better and see Him move through the body of
the Church.
He has been teaching
me so much about trust and focus lately. As I read through Ecclesiastes with a
friend, the Lord is teaching me to stay focused. The commentary in my study
Bible on Ecclesiastes chapter two said, "Some of the things Solomon sought
were wrong and some were worthy but even the worthy pursuits were futile when
he pursued them as an end in themselves." That hits me hard as I walk
through a part of my life where my people pleasing habits are impossible to
keep. For a long time, making people happy was my security and even my
identity. Placing my identity in that is, as it's said in Ecclesiastes 2:14,
"a futile grasping and chasing after the wind." Unless I do what I do
with an eternal perspective, it is ultimately worth very little. This reminds
me of my favorite Bible verse in this chapter of my life, Psalm 127:1
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Thanks for reading
my notes on life and living. God is definitely shaping my heart, preparing me
for whatever plans He has next. I want to leave you with one more tidbit from
the Ecclesiastes commentary:
"In all our
accomplishments, even the big ones, our good feelings are only temporary.
Security and self worth are not found in these accomplishments, but far beyond
them in the love of God."
