Blessings

Recently I have been reflecting on the amount of time I spend disregarding the blessings God has poured into my life. How he has blessed me in even the smallest ways.

It has been raining a lot the past week. And tonight was no exception. The rain took a brief respite, though, as the sun was setting. I watched the sun go down as I rode in the passengers seat of a friend's car and enjoyed this absence of precipitation. The blanket of storm clouds was pulled up to chin of the sky. Just a thin strip of the orange sunlight was visible beyond the tree line in front of us. It was beautiful. I feel closest to God in moments like this, moments when nature reflects His true beauty and appears to be exactly how it was made to be, perfect. I took this to be a blessing from God. This brief glimpse of His majesty. It simply added to an already glorious week.

This week I had a relatively light homework load. I got to spend a lot of time with my favorite roommate, bonding over the fact that we didn't have papers to be working on. I received mail from home. I made new friends. And I seemed to be constantly happy, something that had been difficult a few weeks prior.

At first school was hard. Adjusting to a new schedule, meeting all new people, and being completely responsible for myself for the first time ever. But God helped me adjust fast. He  blessed me with awesome friends to sing with in the stair wells. He gave me excellent classes with passionate professors. He helped me get an on-campus job. He brought me to this amazing school. A school where the professors sometimes lead worship in chapel (I can't get over how awesome that is).
And, perhaps best of all, He gave me a roommate who also turned out to be one of my favorite people ever. I can't imagine going into this school year without her.

God also blessed me with friends from home who call just to chat and see how school's going. He blessed me with parents who send care packages (homemade cookies enclosed). And a mom who doesn't mind editing my papers from across Lake Michigan.

After handing in my first few papers and finally getting into the groove of things, I'm pretty sure I can handle this college thing. No biggie. But it's only because of Him.

My prayer is simply that I waste none of these blessings.