That Annoying Habit of Looking at Your Watch

Hiya Peeps!

Well, I'm sorry it's been so long since I've last wrote! (I always seem to be starting these posts with an apology. haha) I just had a great urge to write today! (Given that I have some free time and just needed to put my thoughts on "paper.") To give you a rather quick update, I am now a Junior at Georgia College and in the Early Childhood Junior Cohort as well as working as a CA (Community Advisor) living in the dorms. The first month of school was really crazy hectic and busy, and it still is, just now it's more of a normal crazy? I now go to elementary schools twice a week for the whole day to student teach, and I love it! It is a challenge, but I am learning to enjoy every day as it comes. I love my residents as well. I'm in the international dorm, so about half my residents are from different countries. These countries include South Korea, Japan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Sweden, and Spain. Aren't we international?

Have you ever walked down the street and saw someone you recognized but had never officially met? And have you ever awkwardly glanced at your watch or cellphone to pretend you're doing something so it isn't even more awkward as you pass by? Well, this is not what I was going to talk about, but I thought it was an amusing thought. haha. Anyways, I tend to have the bad habit of always watching the clock. Oh, five minutes till class! Or I have two hours to work on this! Etc. Busy, busy, busy.... How many times do I stop to think about why I'm really here on earth? Is my life only about finishing assignments and being busy all the time? I have been reading the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan, and I have been enjoying it very much. His words are clearly backed by Scripture, which is the Word of God, and it's like Jesus is speaking directly to my heart. I've also been reading 2 Samuel, and it's always interesting to go in looking at these stories as if these people really existed instead of these stories just being "Bible stories." However, the main character of these stories who does everything is always God. One quote I love by Francis Chan in his book is as follows...

"Suppose you are an extra in an upcoming movie. You will probably scrutinize that one scene where hundreds of people are milling around, just waiting for that two-fifths of a second where you can see the back of your head. Maybe your mom and your closest friend get excited about that two-fifths of a second with you... maybe. But no one else will realize it is you. Even if you tell them, they won't care."

We are here on Earth for as long as a mist is visible when you spray it from a can. Francis Chan goes on to talk about how it is God Who is what the movie is truly about. I've been so selfish lately... It seems like a constant battle for us human beings. Who are we really glorifying? Are we glorifying ourselves or God? Unfortunately, it is all too easy to do the former rather than the latter. We glorify ourselves and glorify the things that rot us from the inside out. This is especially true in college. Anything goes. Who are you to say anything is wrong? Subjectively is fine, but heaven forbid you tell someone they're doing something wrong! Surely, if you see someone walking towards a cliff blindfolded, you would call to them and warn them to stop? I mean, I would hope you would warn them if not run to them and step in front of them before the get too close to the edge. But maybe my logic is faulty? Just sayin.

Also, how often do I live each day with the vision of eternity in front of me? I was talking with a friend last night about what if I was to die that night. (We had been joking about him taking me into the woods and murdering me... haha) And I told him that dying was just fine with me. Meant I got to see Jesus sooner. :) I mean, think about it. How short a time we have here on Earth! Maybe eighty to ninety years, one hundred if we're lucky... This is just a blip of time before our real lives begin. Is that just as hard a thought for you to grasp as it is for me? I get so obsessed over the present life, it's hard for me to comprehend it's rather insignificant compared to eternity with my God!

There is so much I am learning, and I can't wait to see what God will do next!

Peace to you all!

Keri Lynn