Notes to My Siblings

I think the overarching lesson of college is that no matter how much I want to be in control of my life and know what's going on, I cannot and should not be. I like to have a plan. One of my friends hinted this past week that I might be type A.... Which I vigorously denied. But, uh, yeah. You were right. I'm type A. I would love to have a schedule for my life. Even if it listed bad stuff. Then I would know it was coming and could prepare for it. But that's not how God works. Generally, things get thrown at us with no warning. And generally, the response that makes the most sense is not the response God asks for. God asks us to do things that make no sense to us or those around us and trust Him for the results. Hebrews chapter 11, the "Faith Hall of Fame", lists so many people who were put in a situation and asked to respond in a way that didn't make sense in the moment. Abel. Enoch. Noah. Abraham. Jacob. Joseph. Moses. Rahab. Gideon. Samuel. Even though what t...

Several times this past week, I found myself telling God that I didn't have time for Him. Not in so many words, but definitely by my actions. He doesn't scream "Deadline!" and personal devotions don't impact my GPA. In the short run, at least. As my mom said the other day, "the important things are seldom urgent, and the urgent things are seldom important." That summarizes my week. Everything with a deadline of the next morning got done (barely!), but everything that didn't have a deadline just got skipped. And since God didn't have a deadline, well.... He definitely got skipped. In light of another very, very busy week ahead, I've been getting this gentle prod to re-prioritize my life. I need to make the important things urgent, and let the urgent things be unimportant. Yeah, bombing the Graphic Design presentation probably isn't the best idea, but 5 years from now, who's going to remember it but me? In the short run, my GPA isn...