Of all the 17 and 18-year-olds getting ready to go to college this summer, I call myself the most fortunate.
Firstly, I know exactly what I'm doing for the next four years of my life.
Many rising freshman still haven't picked their major and couldn't tell you their course of study. I, on the other hand, am privileged to be attending a college where I can't even choose my major! I could tell you exactly which books I will be reading and when. I might even be able to tell you what ideas I will be exploring during the last week of the first semester... (plato's symposium, and the nature of love... most likely.)
I know many of my future peers (at least in the classes above me). While I was visiting last month I had the opportunity to go on a night hike with several rising sophomores. Having just finished their freshman year they offered much-needed and appreciated social and academic advice, such as "don't expect to be best friends with everyone." Of course, that would be something that I would try to do. Anyway, I am well-known (famous? or infamous?) and socially integrated at the college.
I have a job when I arrive. (unofficially) Because Acacia graduated, I will be inheriting her job as CrossFit facilitator in Temple Iglehart (the college gym, where you have to remove your outdoor shoes before passing the threshold. Ha.) I'm also hoping to advertise myself as a personal trainer in the wider Annapolis community.
I am going to a city that I love. Annapolis is beautiful. Historic. Brick. Boats. Small. I will probably know everybody (for better or worse). It has real seasons. Like, it actually snows in the winter and gets really hot and humid in summer. Though not many people like it for its lack of variety of culture, I am confident that it is where God wants me to be while I grow into adulthood. It is quaint, but not far from big city DC.
I will be received by a church that knows and loves me well. My Downtown Hope family is excited to have me as part of the community. They have ministered to my family and been part of their healing, and are eager to be part of my growth as well. I cannot wait to be part of the what God is doing in his Bride.
God has orchestrated all things to put me right where I belong, and set up a great cushion for me to land on as I am pushed out of my nest.
I know many of my future peers (at least in the classes above me). While I was visiting last month I had the opportunity to go on a night hike with several rising sophomores. Having just finished their freshman year they offered much-needed and appreciated social and academic advice, such as "don't expect to be best friends with everyone." Of course, that would be something that I would try to do. Anyway, I am well-known (famous? or infamous?) and socially integrated at the college.
I have a job when I arrive. (unofficially) Because Acacia graduated, I will be inheriting her job as CrossFit facilitator in Temple Iglehart (the college gym, where you have to remove your outdoor shoes before passing the threshold. Ha.) I'm also hoping to advertise myself as a personal trainer in the wider Annapolis community.
I am going to a city that I love. Annapolis is beautiful. Historic. Brick. Boats. Small. I will probably know everybody (for better or worse). It has real seasons. Like, it actually snows in the winter and gets really hot and humid in summer. Though not many people like it for its lack of variety of culture, I am confident that it is where God wants me to be while I grow into adulthood. It is quaint, but not far from big city DC.
I will be received by a church that knows and loves me well. My Downtown Hope family is excited to have me as part of the community. They have ministered to my family and been part of their healing, and are eager to be part of my growth as well. I cannot wait to be part of the what God is doing in his Bride.
God has orchestrated all things to put me right where I belong, and set up a great cushion for me to land on as I am pushed out of my nest.
"Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him."
Psalm 45:10-11
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