When I woke up at 7:00 this morning to hear the band playing way too loud next to my dorm, my first thought was "my alarm isn't going off for another 3 hours. What. The. Heck!". It turns out I couldn't fall back asleep, and so at 8:30 I crawled out of bed and splashed some water on my face, and then got to go spend an extra long time in the Word and talking with Jesus this morning. Thanks to the extremely loud Aggie Band, I was able to start my day off in the perfect way. The Lord loved on me through that.
In my first class, Myriam texted me checking up on me, and then she asked me to hold her accountable in her challenge to dive more into the Word in her quiet times. Through her talking about her passion for being immersed in the Bible, the Lord reminded me of my original goal to have the New Testament read by the end of December. I have a ways to go, but the Lord loved on me through her sweet vulnerability and request for accountability.
I was missing Cho-Yeh a lot this weekend. A lot of my camp friends were in Louisiana hanging out together. A bunch of staff were at Chovember Fest hanging out with campers and fundraising for Honduras. Kasey and Jessica were on a retreat at Cho-Yeh. Meanwhile, I was in College Station, and although I loved this weekend, I still felt like I missed out on so many camp activities. Today, I ran into Kristen, Cameron, and Erin within an hour of each other, and it was precious affirmation that I am still surrounded by those people here at school. The Lord loved on me through that reminder.
This afternoon, I spent nearly 6 hours in the library getting homework done. I didn't do much of anything school-wise this weekend because of water polo, and so with test week around the corner I was seriously behind. I am not a very sit-still kinda person, but I was able to focus and get a lot done. I was able to cross things off my to-do list, and feel reassured and more confident going into the rest of this crazy week. The Lord loved on me through that accomplishment.
Tonight, I am exhausted. My body is physically bruised all over from this weekend. I have an on/off headache still from where I got kicked yesterday. I have a lovely scratch covering the length of my arm that resembles a bear mauling. My back is sore. Through the aches and pains of today, the Lord has reminded me of how blessed I am to have the physical talents to play such a brutal sport, how lucky I am to be able to fight with such aggression. He has shown me what I take for granted often, a healthy body. I can walk, run, bike, swim, shoot, block, wrestle. So many people can't do that. The Lord loved on me through my physical pains today.
I am SO thankful that I serve a Lord that chooses to love us. That wants to love us. That takes pleasure in loving us. Even in the small things, Our God LOVES.
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