Since July

Wow, I can't believe that it has been over two months since I last sat down to update this thing. I suppose that this procrastination isn't a bad thing, considering what my priorities should be right now.

I've now been at the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies for a month. Though it feels like I've been here forever, time has flown by. The weeks pass quickly as I go to classes, study, eat, and sleep. The first couple of weeks were rough- not so much emotionally as physically. The stress was pretty hard on my body though my mental state was pretty good. I miss my home and my family, but I am not homesick. This is a strange feeling, this growing up, and hard to explain. I want to be home with them, but I'm OK here.

The academics here are challenging- more challenging than I expected. I'm doing OK for the time being, but I occasionally have moments of extreme discouragement as I contemplate the writing ahead. I know that I will struggle with it.

Anyway, I have lots to think about. Especially self discipline and doing difficult things for the glory of God. I am so grateful, so inexpressibly blessed to have a purpose. I am not alone in the universe. There is a God who is there who has raised me from death to life and given me a hope, a purpose. The despair of rising each morning without a reason, a point is not my life. God is good. He is challenging me, and by His grace I am growing.