That's all I need to know

I am at a very scary point in my life.

In about a week and a half I will start my last semester at Baker University...

Yikes...

Just writing that is giving me the willies!

I will be taking my last lap at this wondrous university.  I could never imagined when I arrived in in the fall of  '09 what all would have happened to me.  My college experience has been so formative, and, while it may sound cheesy, I am not the same person that I was back then.  Not even close.  So many experiences, so many faces, so many stories, so many memories.

Soon all over.

I would be lying if I said I was looking forward to it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to being out on my own for a while.  I'm excited for the opportunities and challenges I get to face at Stilwell UMC and with the youth there.  The mission trip I had with those students showed me that I am in the right place, at the right time.  Believe me, I am also really excited to be going to seminary after a while.

But this place is my home.

Baker, Baldwin, Zeta Chi, all of it.  My home.

To think of leaving this place, is hard.

So I'm going to enjoy this semester.  I am going to go through one more recruitment week with my brothers. I am going to welcome a new set of brothers to our house.  I am going to enjoy homecoming week, as a student, one more time.  I am going to probably eat a lot of Joy Garden, and make many late night trips to the Kwik.  Ramble, ZXmas, Boo-ha-ha, and Silver Bullet will be fun to do once more.  I am going to take classes, write papers, and do finals one more time (at least until grad school).  I'm going to survive 401 (hopefully).   I am going to let Chapel be the highlight of my week a couple more times.  I am even going to get the sincere privilege of preaching there one more time.  I am going to breathe in and embrace Baker Life one more time.  Then it will all change.


But here is the thing. The one thing that will remain the same.  God is with me.  Hasn't changed since I got here, and it won't change after I leave.  I know it seems a little cheesy, but...I believe it.  So when I walk across that stage in December, I can have confidence that the constant love and strength of the Lord is with me, no matter where I go.  The great thing, is that He will never let go.

And that's all I need to know.