Things, Small N’ Large

College is defiantly not what I thought it was going to be, mostly because I didn’t think much about it. I am the kinda guy who takes stuff as it comes what will happen, will happen. [You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.] –Proverbs 19:21-. I wish God was the sole reason that I just live in there here and now but it’s not, I just do (SF). With that said I still don’t think anyone every pegs exactly how college will feel, how they will adjust, or how it will be. There are so many little things that people just don’t think about and other indescribable things you just have to experience for yourself and even than what you experience will be different than what I or anyone else did. Not too different from the way God works in your life unique to each person. I am hoping my posts might give you a heads up about college but more importantly exemplify the fact that your faith is a HUGE part of your life and you should let it be known.

Small things I probably wouldn’t understand before I personally experienced them myself, even if I had this same exact post to read before hand, and this is in my own words. Things like the added hassle involved in taking a shower, and getting ready in general. No longer can I just pop out of bed go downstairs eat food that resupplies itself (it’s really my mommy) then brush my teeth and go straight to the shower. Now it’s a pop tart and a chewy bar with water, and when I go back home I gatta bring a lot of food back (SF). Then it’s to the dreaded shower shoes a necessary evil, to brush my teeth, only to walk back to my room to get my shower supplies. Before I continue note that the showers are set up two in a row, so although I have been fortunate enough not to walk through some ones shower yet the possibility is great considering there is only two sets of showers. At this point in the morning I walk in the shower with a rather hard spraying shower that the head does not detach, a luxury I grow accustomed to. I am not saying all this to deter you form higher education I absolutely Love College, I simply want to point out the small things that may be over looked. Speaking of over looked in the first two weeks I accumulated a decent sized list of things I “needed” to bring back when I went home for labor day. I think I left the list at home but it included, a three plug outlet, batteries a scientific calculator (I had a graphing one), DVDs, gum, trimmer, trash can, fabric softener microwavable bowls and a lot of breakfast food (I don’t want to wake up early enough to make it to a dining hall before class), and church shoes. I brought back more than that like Pac-man, and Sega retro rocks.

I am really hoping that the church shoes will come in handy this Sunday, I haven’t been to a Sunday service in Greenville yet. I moved in on a Saturday and couldn’t find one by Sunday, the next week I was at Ncsu for my best friend, Mike’s birthday and this last weekend I was back home. Which btb was so great I really missed my church home at Gate City. We didn’t have youth though (UF). Still even though I am going to BCM and YL and stuff nothing replaces a good church home, and although I am going to Church this Sunday it won’t be a home not yet, but I will find the right home for me if I just let the holy spirit lead me to it. I will say that was the hardest change I didn’t think about before hand, I was praying to find a good church home in Greenville since I got the acceptance letter, but I didn’t think about how much I will/am miss/ing my family at GCBC it will take a while to make a bound comparable to the one I have at GCBC, and even then it won’t be the same but, if I keep Him my focus I and my walk will be blessed in and out of Church. [For you bless the godly, O LORD; you surround them with your shield of love] -Psalm 5:12-

I didn’t cover everything I wanted to but, the post is getting kinda lengthy and I don’t want to post something too large or rush my other points, they will be covered eventually. Two things I do want to mention real quick though is the ordeal it is to go to the bathroom, be sure to bring you own toilet paper you don’t want to have to use the schools one ply card board and secondly Dinning Halls are sweet it’s a all you can eat verity buffet every day, you can even get chick-fla and other restaurants with your meal plan (it's a little extra and not unlimited but it’s a nice change). I mention more things I missed than enjoyed that’s not a fair representation of how my experience is going I just had a outline in my head that didn’t take me so long to explain what I missed but as I say “they(the points) will be covered eventually.”