Reflection

Congrats!!!

It's been a wild ride...but...you've made it!

 Another semester...and another school year complete! How does it feel? Are you sad and anxious...or are you relieved to be free? It's okay to feel so many things right about now. A chapter is closing and for many that can be a very scary thing...but take heart and know that whatever lies ahead is in God's hands and is in His plan! Now I understand and know that this doesn't make it any less terrifying to let go and move on with our lives...but it helps (at least a wee bit) to know that something good is bound to come.

Now...

 Before any of you who aren't students or teachers anymore (or ever want to be again) shut me out...keep reading because I have a feeling that this next part just might apply to you too.

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What does any of this have to do with faith??? Well...earlier in the year (last semester) I wrote a post called "It Is Finished". It went over a similar aspect, but I had no clue where I would be at this point in my life. When Christ said that it was finished, He did not mean that our work was done. Every day I fight for faith that is my rock...and that is exactly what we must do as Christians who truly serve to glorify God in all that we do. I know that when I stand before Christ on the day of judgement at heaven's gate, I want to say that I did all I could to honor Him in every way. I want that same gratification for each and every one of us and so many more. Our suffering was complete at Calvary, but our duty to God is never finished until we sit with Him in eternity.

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I realize that this is not easy to hear...after all didn't we just finish the year??? Okay, so...REJOICE!!! You've closed a chapter of your life...BE GLAD! But...don't forget that what is coming is also so important. After all, what great and memorable story ever ends with a beginning.

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"I have glorified You on the earth by completing the work You gave Me to do."

- John 17:4