Things I’m learning August 24, 2011

*God is Enough.

*That my RA staff, indeed the whole RA staff, is phenomenal.

*That before tonight, my boss had never tried Lucky Charms. Ever. She ended up picking out the marshmallows, and it saddened me.

*That filling an empty peanut butter jar with soapy water and letting it sit for a couple weeks, then opening that jar, is a horrible, horrible idea.

*That even when I’m exhausted and a touch cranky, God can use what little sanity I have left.

*That while I am fully excited to be traveling to Michigan this weekend, I will be glad to come back home to this community at FPU.

*That you should never assume (or judge) someone’s personality from their picture on their housing application. Not only is it wrong to do so, but most of the time my assumption or judgment is wrong anyways.

*That I am falling in love with the mountains of California.

*God is Enough.

How He answered this prayer July 17, 2011

Last night and today I started feeling lonely and bored. Felt tears coming on a bit too. I was able to spend some time in worship and let God remind me of His love, so that was good. I already knew God is Enough for all I ever want and need, but today I learned that He still chooses to satisfy our wants and needs–to be that Enough–through our relationships with other people. Simple concept, but it had just never clicked with me that way before. So while I was assured of His Love and Enough-ness, I still craved some deep people-time.

This afternoon Mom called (thank goodness). At the end of our conversation I asked her to pray for me because I was feeling lonely. She told me to hang in there and it would get better, and that they would be praying. I felt close to tears but knew she was right.

Then, guess what?

The other girl RD called me up and said, “Becca, I would love to spend some one-on-one time with you. Wanna go for ice cream later?”

We had a wonderful time. We shared stories about how God prepared us for this job and how He brought us here, and what He’s been teaching us lately and how we’ve seen Him move in the past. It was actually in this conversation that I made the connection of God’s Enough-ness being supplied through relationships with others.

This God of mine…He keeps amazing me.