I want to reflect on a facebook status a good friend of mine made just over an hour ago. However, I will first preface my response with some background information on my friendship with the amazing girl who posted it. Katie Schroeder. Katie Elizabeth Schroeder to be exact (we have the same middle name, so I felt like that was relevant). This is a girl who I didn't start getting to know very well until the middle of last semester, but someone who I now feel very close to and very fortunate to have in my life. She is kind, sweet, and has such a great spirit about her all the time, and I feel very blessed to have her in my life. There are a handful of people that I feel this way about, you all know you are, but I wanted to talk about Katie in particular because she just posted this status that really resonated with me and I felt like it was something that has been on my heart as well. Here it is:
"It blows my mind that I go to a school with 32,000 people and yet here I sit in a lounge completely alone. I think God just gives us peace and quiet when we really need it."
Isn't this true? I have been feeling so much of this lately, and I am so thankful for it. Even with the already hectic schedule that has come along with the start of school, I feel like God has been honoring me with time of solace and chances to think about things on such a greater level than I ever have before. He is so good.
This semester is going to be challenging in academics, my continuous struggle to find a place of employment, and even my social life. That has already been made very apparent. But as of now, I am up for the challenge. Get back to me in a few weeks on my feelings about that statement, haha. In all seriousness though, I am looking forward to living out God's plan for me during this second semester. It's going to get real, real quick.
One last thing. It wont do them justice, but I just wanted to mention how truly blessed I am to have these young men and women of Christ in my life. Every single day they are challenging me to be a better person and I honestly could never thank them enough for that. I never would have imagined finding such inspirational friends in my college years. Love you guys :)
...The ACTUAL last thing. I started listening to this song a lot over Christmas break and have been loving it. Check it out.
