Labor Day Weekend

With the extended weekend, I drove to my parent's house to hang out, study, see friends and go to my home church. It has been a great weekend. I might not have studied as much as I should have but there is still time :-) and that is my goal for this afternoon!

First exams for the semester are around the corner and I really do need to get organized with all of these classes. 8 classes that don't overlap much makes life a little complicated...but it will all work out.

This week my on-campus Bible Study starts, and I have been asked to organize the food for the meetings. Since I have never even attended one of the official meetings yet, it is hard to know what to provide, or how much. I have a call in to another girl in the group for advice. I know you can't please everyone but it would be nice if the majority of the group is happy with the order :-)

I have been told that this group is primarily women and the few men who are brave enough to come. The goal for this semester is to get more guys to come. It would be great to have a more balanced group! The group meets every other week and they try to bring Christian medical professionals to share about how they incorporate their faith into their practice. I think it will be interesting to hear about the different professions these people work in! It feels like it will be forever until I graduate, but it will pass one day at a time.

In undergrad, I remember that first night in the dorm room and thinking, "I have 4 years of this? I will never make it!" But I did and here I am 11 years later in grad school. The time has passed quickly and so will this experience. I will probably feel like I didn't learn ENOUGH and it passed too quickly. Nature of life, right? It all passes so quickly and one day you wake up wondering how you got that old. :-) The only thing we can do is focus on each day as it comes and make the most of every moment. If I keep wishing for the end of the next phase, I will die without ever enjoying the life God has given me. It doesn't mean we can't dream and pray for things we imagine for our future, but we can't live in the future. It may not really come to pass the way we imagine. God is in control of it all, and we need to allow Him to work in our lives in ways we couldn't imagine!

Ok, I guess I got off on a tangent. :-)
Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!