The Last 3 Weeks

The last three weeks grew me.

I grew as a relative. I grew as a girlfriend. I grew as a friend. I grew professionally.

I spent the last three weeks waking up at 5 and not settling in for the night until 9.  This sounds like my life during the school year, yet these three weeks I was doing things that were completely new to me.

I interned in the morning, having to be on top of things. I took a class in the afternoon, having to be on top of things. I did classwork and repeated the cycle.

I clinged. I grasped. I held on to the rope.

The rope attached to Jesus.

I found joy. I found joy in deepening relationships with others...with new others.

I found joy in growing...in stepping outside of my comfort zone.

In hours of newness, I found comfort.

In minutes of tiredness, I found comfort.

In seconds of unknown, I found comfort.

I found comfort in thanking God for the opportunities although I may not have always excelled.

I found comfort in trusting God's plans for me although I didn't understand.

I found comfort in praising God when the cycle repeated again.

On Friday at 11:02 AM when it was over, I went for a walk. I took these snapshots of nature.

I could only think that these flowers began as a seed. They overcame and persevered. Now, they are blossoming. What a fulfilling cycle that God's created?

Moral of the Story:  In prayer, I gained Jesus and lost fear, anxiety, and insecurity.