final days
So the semester is winding down. Literally, in three days, I will have my very last college class at the University of Florida. So, of course, those of you that have known me for more than 5 minutes know that around these such times, I usually cue in my sentimental reflections, nostalgic thoughts, hopes for the future, etc etc etc.
But I don't know how to do that now. How do you sum up an entire semester, much less four years?
I hate all this moving and uprooting. I'm going to really miss living here, in this place, with all these people. Never again in my life will I be in this situation. A friend of mine and I were talking about this almost a month ago. He was saying that all the moving he's been doing recently has made him long for the permanency of heaven. This morning, at church, the pastor spoke about heaven, and how many people in America today have this misconception that we'll all just be sitting around on clouds strumming harps and yawning our time by. I mean, how true is that? Do I really have any idea what heaven is like? The pastor spoke out of Isaish 65. Here's a short excerpt:
17 "Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.
You can find the rest at http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is%2065&version=31. It's a really beautiful picture. I mean, not only will God create a new Jerusalem for us to delight in, but He will also delight in us. I kind of get chills. Heaven will NOT be boring. It will be a place of restoration. Of ourselves, relationships, true fellowship with God. And now, I have a new reminder to live here on earth in an expectancy of what awaits me.
So I guess I did manage to get a bit nostalgic after all. I'm really going to miss it here. Miss these people. My friends. God really has blessed me here. More than I could ever ask for.
But I don't know how to do that now. How do you sum up an entire semester, much less four years?
I hate all this moving and uprooting. I'm going to really miss living here, in this place, with all these people. Never again in my life will I be in this situation. A friend of mine and I were talking about this almost a month ago. He was saying that all the moving he's been doing recently has made him long for the permanency of heaven. This morning, at church, the pastor spoke about heaven, and how many people in America today have this misconception that we'll all just be sitting around on clouds strumming harps and yawning our time by. I mean, how true is that? Do I really have any idea what heaven is like? The pastor spoke out of Isaish 65. Here's a short excerpt:
17 "Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.
You can find the rest at http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is%2065&version=31. It's a really beautiful picture. I mean, not only will God create a new Jerusalem for us to delight in, but He will also delight in us. I kind of get chills. Heaven will NOT be boring. It will be a place of restoration. Of ourselves, relationships, true fellowship with God. And now, I have a new reminder to live here on earth in an expectancy of what awaits me.
So I guess I did manage to get a bit nostalgic after all. I'm really going to miss it here. Miss these people. My friends. God really has blessed me here. More than I could ever ask for.