If you're a student that has the obligation to travel a long distance to board at college, you can relate. We know what it's like to finish finals, pack a bag (quickly of course, because who cares what goes in, after all - I'm going home!), say good bye to one or two people, and rush to the airport to hasten to the joyous greeting with the beloved family. Several pleasant weeks go by, where little hard work seems to be done, no scholastic brain power is exerted, great resting is accomplished, much cooking and baking (for us ladies) prepares the family for a long, cold winter (especially after the winter holidays), and extended evenings next to the fireplace use all the year's relaxing time. It's all oh-so-wonderful until about four days before break is over. I think you know exactly what I mean. This is where some of us college students may split ways, however. After three weeks home, some of you may be ready to get away back to school, where trash doesn't need to be taken out or things picked up for Mom, but some of us love our homes so much that we don't want to have to leave again, even though we have to do the same things that you do.
About this time each break period I get perturbed of spirit. Pre-homesickness kicks in and my pillow gets wet at night. However, I found a passage of Scripture during one of these watering sessions that lifted much anxiety. It encouraged my heart not only in terms of returning to school, but also in accepting change in general. What a break through. Let me briefly share.
Ecclesiastes 3 paints a picture of comparisons, but it emphasizes that for each task or experience, God has allotted a time and a place. In all these "a time for" statements, I see assurance. I see that there is a well-planned schedule (yes, praise God for order when life so often seem disordered!) for the events of my life. It's still hard to part from home, but I can face tomorrow knowing that there is a time and place for everything - a time to be home and a time to be at school, a time to rest and a time to work hard. This passage calms my soul that is often stricken with worry over the ways of change. A passage of peace.
It's nothing new - it's been in the Bible for century upon century, but it still offers bright hope for the future. It also is help for the here and now, for the everyday worries and complexities. Won't you let the Scripture change your life and bring you hope? God has a plan for your life. He wants to be personally involved. Your happiness is God's greatest joy.
About this time each break period I get perturbed of spirit. Pre-homesickness kicks in and my pillow gets wet at night. However, I found a passage of Scripture during one of these watering sessions that lifted much anxiety. It encouraged my heart not only in terms of returning to school, but also in accepting change in general. What a break through. Let me briefly share.
Ecclesiastes 3 paints a picture of comparisons, but it emphasizes that for each task or experience, God has allotted a time and a place. In all these "a time for" statements, I see assurance. I see that there is a well-planned schedule (yes, praise God for order when life so often seem disordered!) for the events of my life. It's still hard to part from home, but I can face tomorrow knowing that there is a time and place for everything - a time to be home and a time to be at school, a time to rest and a time to work hard. This passage calms my soul that is often stricken with worry over the ways of change. A passage of peace.
It's nothing new - it's been in the Bible for century upon century, but it still offers bright hope for the future. It also is help for the here and now, for the everyday worries and complexities. Won't you let the Scripture change your life and bring you hope? God has a plan for your life. He wants to be personally involved. Your happiness is God's greatest joy.
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