McKay is one of the wisest people I have come to know in the recent months, and she needs to give herself more credit for the heavenly mindset she brings to a conversation! McKay is so clearly able to step back from herself and see God in all things, and this is so evident even just in these words she sent me! McKay has not met a stranger, and she is so joyful towards everyone she comes into contact with. This warm and welcoming presence leaves an impact on everyone she meets.
I could look at this massive amount of time I now have and feel robbed. Robbed of end-of-freshman-year memories, robbed of feeling hopeful for the future, robbed of spending time with my amazing community of friends. I would be lying if I said I haven’t felt this way already, but I can’t go on like this. I have decided to view this time as a gift from God. I can’t tell you how many times before this outbreak that I have made excuses about how I wanted to read Scripture or have daily quiet time but just didn’t have the space in my day. I now have the freedom to do this for who knows how long, and I’m going to honor this gift of time God has given to me.
This verse keeps coming to me in this time: “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it”’. Matthew 16:24-25
You could say that we are missing out on life during this time when a lot of earthly things are being cancelled, but this verse gives me hope. I believe this verse proves that I’m actually going to live more than I ever have during this next period of uncertainty because God has already done the hardest step for me: denying myself. My distractions are gone, and it’s time for me to live in God. I’m ready to get to work and grow; I hope you’ll join me.
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