Reflections

As this school year comes to an end, I am sitting and reflecting on what it has brought me. My freshman year of college has been nothing less than amazing. I have made some lifelong friends, found a job that I really love, and learned a whole lot about myself. But where did this year go? Really, though. First semester dragged on, then second semester quickly slipped from beneath my feet.

As a child, I would come home from school day after day, crying about what now seems like the silliest things. I'd sit and tell my parents about how I had no friends and how everybody hated me. They always told me it would get better, and eventually it did. I met who would become one of the most loyal friends I've ever had. She has stuck with me through the good and through the storms of life for the past 8 years and I am so thankful to have her friendship. Everybody, meet Meagan.

College has made our friendship long-distance for the past year and a half, but I know she's always there. So blessed by her friendship.

I have worked at JcPenney for close to 6 months, and I absolutely love my job. I probably spend too much of my paychecks at the store, but I love it! I never go to work not wanting to be there (okay, maybe sometimes I do), and I enjoy the freedom that comes with working retail. I was always stuck behind a counter when I worked at Chick-fil-a, but I am able to roam the store and help customers all over the place at work. The job has taught me a lot, and I am thankful for that.

Everybody always says that you don't have any idea who you are when you first enter college. I always thought I knew myself so well growing up. But oh did I have a lot to learn. I have come to realize that I am a very obsessive person, and that has taught me to learn to have self control. Self control is one of my biggest, if not my biggest, struggles. It comes with patience and practice, but that has taken much more time than I thought. Which comes to my next struggle-patience. If only patience wasn't necessary. But the very essence of Christianity is patience. We are patient as we wait for Jesus' glorious return. We are patient as we wait for Him to answer prayer. We are patient as we let Him begin to change us. It takes time, and I need to work on that.

"I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."

Psalm 130:5

I am so excited to see how God is going to change me in this time of growth. I can't wait to look back on the mountains that seem impossible to climb right now and just realize how much God has brought me through.

~Christy