School Shmool

Post two of two for the day. Unless of course I go again. Which, I don't think will happen.

Welcome Week starts today. I'm super excited because I'm going to be at a new school with different people. The Lord blessed me this way. Let me share with you why this was such a blessing.

On Tuesday I went to Irondale (my high school) for a meeting. I pulled into the parking lot and I started to sweat, my heart started to pound, and I was really nervous. I sat there in my car for a couple minutes asking the Lord to give me strength to go inside. I'm not scared of the building. I'm scared of the memories I have there. Not all of them were caused by other people hurting me. Some were caused by me failing to take an opportunity to share the gospel with friends. This really pains me. The fact that I was too prideful to ever take the time and share with my friends the good news of Christ hurts me and it hurts them. The fact that I didn't call any of my school friends all summer and try to take advantage of having time to share, hurts me and it hurts them. I've also been hurt by people at school and I'm very excited to start a new experience at a new school. Although I will be at Bethel I know not all the students will be believers. I pray the Lord will give me strength and humility to open my mouth and proclaim Jesus name.

Well I walked into Irondale and the memories kept coming but I looked around and didn't see any signs for the meeting. So I called my mom and asked her if we got the date wrong, she didn't know. I went home and looked it up and sure enough the meeting wasn't until Wednesday. I didn't understand why God made me do that. Why he made me go through all that pain and be wrong about the meeting. I sat in my room and tears rolled down my face. It was good tears. It was God tears. I was crying because the Lord was showing me my sin. And He was showing me His blessing of a new school. He's giving me a chance now to watch for my sin and attack it at a new school. I just wonder if I were at Irondale would I watch and attack my sin there? And I think the answer is yes. Because the Lord has worked many things in my life this summer and He's given my strength.

I'm excited for this new blessing.

I've read many blogs the last few weeks about how summer is/has come to a close. I don't want mine to close because it went too fast. And because school shmool. But, the Lord has a plan for each life that is going back to school, and I pray my friends will see God's grace and plan in this new school year.

Friends- you know who you are- I love you. The Lord bless you and keep you.

Working hard at school (maybe),
Greta