14 Days

I have 14 more days left of college. In a mere 2 weeks, I will have Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology. It has been 5 years coming. I took about a year "off," so I could do other things with my life. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do, how I wanted to live and how I would impact the world.

In 14 days, my constant companion, school, will be gone...for a while (until it's time to get my masters).

As I've talked to some of my friends who have already graduated, they say it is weird. A good weird. But still weird.

For me, school has been something that I can't always count on being there. It gives me a reason to stay up late at night. It gives me anxiety about a test. Or stress about an assignment. It makes me read books and know information that I will never use.

But, in 14 days, that will be over. I will be a college graduate. I didn't think it would so soon. I didn't think December would be upon be so fast. Yet, I am grateful. I am thankful for the way God has blessed me in this way. Soon, I will have a break from school. Although it is something that I have enjoyed, I'm not sad to see it go. School, while challenging and interesting, is not a life experience I feel I've missed out on.

It's time for something new. It is time to surrender that stability, and seek God for the next step. The next step is one that I have been waiting patiently for the Lord in. And I still have no clue what it will be. But the reality of the next step is so exciting! It's only exciting though, because I have the single greatest being on my side, and his name is Jesus.