Sunday Morning…
So this morning I am sitting in my apartment, I finish eating breakfast and decide to listen to a sermon from my church back at home. I had no clue what I was in for. As I listened it felt like the chaplain knew exactly what I was feeling right now and was preaching straight to where I am. Except this sermon was recorded 2 weeks ago. Right now I am struggling to be content where God has put me. Normally between school and home I stay pretty content and happy, but this summer is starting out differently than I expected. Hear that ” I EXPECTED“… The sermon that I listened to this morning was about how God provides and what we do with his provision in our life. One thing that was said was “We need to adjust OUR EXPECTATIONS and learn to be grateful for what God PROVIDES.” This summer my expectations were to work hard at my research position, get to know my roommate and to have a really fun summer.
So far I have felt insufficient for my research position due to the fact that I am having to design some of the equipment(which feels like it is beyond my capabilities sometimes) and my roommate barely steps foot out of her room during the week. Plus she has been gone for the past two weekends. In addition, the beginning of my summer was a ton of fun, I had a blast, but now everything is turning boring and normal so I am having to figure out how to keep myself occupied. This is not what I EXPECTED for the summer…
This morning I was listening and I realized that God may have other plans and other lessons to teach me this summer. I need to learn to be grateful and content for what God has blessed me with, even though it is not what I wanted … There is a church here that I normally go to, but through my own stubborn pride I didn’t ask for a ride there(even though one of my friends attends there and has a car). God was able to use this though, if he can use one small rebellious action like that I am excited to see what He can do with a whole summer, 7 weeks…
