#thingsivebeenlearning

[overseerofmysoul]

For all the people who think marriage is easy, ya'll are straight up lying to yourselves. It doesn't matter how much you love Jesus or how "easygoing" you are, you're still human and will still hurt each other, and to think you'll have the perfect white picket fence marriage is a lie. What will always be perfect is God. Look to Him, don't make your husband your idol, and you'll be able to get through the rough times (that are going to happen no matter what you do!)

[melodykawahara]

This little work space has become a place where long hours meets personal growth and development. A place where I've felt lonely, inspired, tired, comforted, motivated and enlightened all at the same time. It's become a place I simultaneously dread and look forward to. It's the spot in which I start each day and come back to every night before I go to sleep. 

In summation, my desk&loft fusion/study cave has become the place where I spend the majority of my time. 

My first semester of grad school is finished...& it feels great. 

This new chapter of my life has been both exhilarating and exhausting and God has taught me so many things. My social activity has declined significantly and my priorities have changed where I have to put my academic demands over my extroverted needs. In those moments, God brought along friends and roommates that I can study with. I've been blessed with an opportunity to work with preschool children who have special needs, that I initially thought I wouldn't enjoy. & yet I've fallen in love with each student I work with and I can wake up each morning knowing the work I do is meaningful, fulfilling, and making a difference. I'm in a program that is demanding and requires much of my time and energy, but I leave each day learning something new and in awe of my professors' knowledge and support. & throughout this entire process, I am reminded of how much I love to learn and that being a hard worker is rewarding. 

It's so evident that God is at work in my life. & in moments like these, I am so humbled and grateful for a God who is faithful and loving to the point that He fully invests in the lives of His people. 

Here's to finishing the first 16 weeks of my graduate career...80 more to go! 

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans. -Proverbs 16:3