Besides being my favorite season, Fall at JMU includes a school break. While this "Fall Break" consists only of a Friday off, it allows for a long weekend which I plan to spend in Va Beach with Grace, my grandparents, and also Uncle Matt. The timing of the respite is of the Lord. This week I have struggled with missing my Northland friends and the spiritual environment that surrounded me there. I have the confidence that the Lord is providing all that I need, but I am having to choose to dwell on unchanging truths rather than past experiences.
Yesterday's devotional in None But the Hungry Heart read, "We never surrender what we value until we find [something] better, and man is so full of himself and his own will that until he finds out the sovereignty of his Father's will he can be neither an obedient nor a suitable servant." It goes on to say that He often teaches us this lesson through trying and painful circumstances. His purpose for this is not our pain, but rather our realization of dependence on Him. What proof of His sovereignty! He does work all things for our good and for His glory. My time here at JMU is working toward these ends, and I can choose to rejoice in this.
And in the meantime, I am exceedingly thankful for the opportunity I have to be refreshed this weekend.
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