Life Is.

Not many people know this right now, but I honestly don't know what my fall will look like. I'm still waiting to hear back from one college and depending on their answer I may or may not be applying elsewhere before I leave on my mission trip to Puerto Rico. The most common question I get in response to the above is "Aren't you at all stressed out or worried about not having things settled?" And I can honestly answer No- most of the time. At home I tend to be a tad more stressed over it. But I'm honestly not overly worried about the whole thing. My recent lessons seem to revolve about learning patience. Our world is so impatient, we have the "give it here, give it now" mentality. Everything should be instant, did you know that with modern internet most people get frustrated waiting for more then 8 seconds for a webpage to load before hitting the Reload button? That college classes have breaks so we can stay focused, and the professors are often trained on how often to move positions in the class room so that the students stay semi-focused? Anyways, I am a person who tends to stress over everything (ask my mom ;) ) I get stressed out to the point where I can barely function and then have a good cry and am fine for awhile, I wish I didn't get stressed over things, but I do. But in the case of college, I haven't felt stressed, and when I do I just remind myself that I have a pretty awesome God who is in control of every little thing in my life, and that this is part of his plan, that there is a purpose to the waiting. Maybe that in waiting I can learn to wait on His strength and not mine. Maybe it's that He's in control and I have no reason to stress. Or, maybe it's to learn that I can always trust His plan over earthly plans. :)