February, nearly here
Today the holidays began drawing to a close. I held the first PM meeting for the year. I was a little bit frustrated to be organising EU stuff again. The holidays have felt much to short, and now I will spend the next month sending emails and calling people and stressing. I found myself this morning looking forward to the day when I could look at the letters "PM" and see what normal people see - short hand reference to the national political leader. Not a public university bible talk. And one day too, I might even look at the letters "EU" and see, like normal people, the acronym of the European Union, rather than an acronym for a Christian group.
The frustration seemed to pass, though, by the time the meeting rolled around. Matt sent me out of the house with a prayer (due to my angst I'd forgotten to even consider God through the morning), and the meeting actually went really well. Of course, there is a long list of little jobs to do before the semester rolls in, but I finished the meeting with a real confidence that God will work - regardless of how well I do my work this month. I've had a breakthrough, in that I finally realise that this petty administrative work isn't an end in itself. And neither is it unfruitful. It's the hard yards that are put in now to see God at work among the EU when we go back this year.
It's been a kind of bittersweet day. It began with me waiting and longing for June, and my graduation from uni and the EU. But it has ended with me realising the importance of these last few months at uni and a real vision for serving God with everything he has given me, in the communities he has put me in. I'm really excited about the next few months, and the things he will do!
The frustration seemed to pass, though, by the time the meeting rolled around. Matt sent me out of the house with a prayer (due to my angst I'd forgotten to even consider God through the morning), and the meeting actually went really well. Of course, there is a long list of little jobs to do before the semester rolls in, but I finished the meeting with a real confidence that God will work - regardless of how well I do my work this month. I've had a breakthrough, in that I finally realise that this petty administrative work isn't an end in itself. And neither is it unfruitful. It's the hard yards that are put in now to see God at work among the EU when we go back this year.
It's been a kind of bittersweet day. It began with me waiting and longing for June, and my graduation from uni and the EU. But it has ended with me realising the importance of these last few months at uni and a real vision for serving God with everything he has given me, in the communities he has put me in. I'm really excited about the next few months, and the things he will do!