Junior Year Is...Almost Done?!
Goodness... I never expected a full year to go by so quickly! And to that end, I definitely intended to post more blog entries. Oh well.. there is a reason for everything. Hopefully my lack of blog entries does not continue. And I hope that every entry I post makes a difference in your life.
A lot has happened in the past year... mistakes, struggles, pain, heartache and heartbreak, but also fun times, adventures, learning, and growth. Man, so much growth. I have learned a lot. Musically, physically, spiritually, mentally, and relational-y (I know it's not a word). My best friends have been with me through it all.. maybe caused a little of the panic and doubt (or maybe sometimes that was me), maybe there to help me along the way, as the Lord knows I need someone to help guide me in His ways. Life is full of ups and downs and my friends are going to have theirs as well. No one is perfect. As I went through last semester, I was excited. I had had a great summer with working, serving at multiple camps, and helping around at church. I was excited about Music History... well yeah. I still am because I love it, but it is a lot of work. In fact, one of my dear friends told me she just knew that semester would be the roughest for me yet. Oy! I was not prepared for that. Nonetheless, it was a very difficult semester. In many ways that were completely different challenges than I had previously encountered. For those of you who know, I was attempting a double major in music education with a minor in business in addition to to performance certificates. Sheesh! That's like a "quadruple" major, if you will, plus a minor completely unrelated. I was in for it. Yeah I was failing the business class I was in because I did not have time for it. That's right... I actually overloaded myself. Imagine that! Well, it was not a super difficult class, you see, but I was in Music History and had lots of things to practice, in addition to being prepared for my other classes. This made it a very hard class because it required time that I did not have. Man, did I have to go to Jesus with this one. I talked to one of my professors about it and I decided to drop the class so it would not affect my grade so negatively, and now? Well... I think I am going to drop the major entirely. Did I think I could do it? Yes. Could I? No. Certainly not. Could I do it later? Yes...maybe. We will see where the Lord leads.
For this year, as the semester is drawing to a close.. (I have two and a half crazy weeks left).. a friend shared this amazing spoken word video with my before juries and finals last semester, and it is just as applicable now. For those of you going through this like I am, just hear these words and really let them sink in... (and because it's not on youtube.com, I cannot actually put the video on haha)
https://vimeo.com/128292930
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
...Even finals... (and juries..)
Especially these.
A lot has happened in the past year... mistakes, struggles, pain, heartache and heartbreak, but also fun times, adventures, learning, and growth. Man, so much growth. I have learned a lot. Musically, physically, spiritually, mentally, and relational-y (I know it's not a word). My best friends have been with me through it all.. maybe caused a little of the panic and doubt (or maybe sometimes that was me), maybe there to help me along the way, as the Lord knows I need someone to help guide me in His ways. Life is full of ups and downs and my friends are going to have theirs as well. No one is perfect. As I went through last semester, I was excited. I had had a great summer with working, serving at multiple camps, and helping around at church. I was excited about Music History... well yeah. I still am because I love it, but it is a lot of work. In fact, one of my dear friends told me she just knew that semester would be the roughest for me yet. Oy! I was not prepared for that. Nonetheless, it was a very difficult semester. In many ways that were completely different challenges than I had previously encountered. For those of you who know, I was attempting a double major in music education with a minor in business in addition to to performance certificates. Sheesh! That's like a "quadruple" major, if you will, plus a minor completely unrelated. I was in for it. Yeah I was failing the business class I was in because I did not have time for it. That's right... I actually overloaded myself. Imagine that! Well, it was not a super difficult class, you see, but I was in Music History and had lots of things to practice, in addition to being prepared for my other classes. This made it a very hard class because it required time that I did not have. Man, did I have to go to Jesus with this one. I talked to one of my professors about it and I decided to drop the class so it would not affect my grade so negatively, and now? Well... I think I am going to drop the major entirely. Did I think I could do it? Yes. Could I? No. Certainly not. Could I do it later? Yes...maybe. We will see where the Lord leads.
For this year, as the semester is drawing to a close.. (I have two and a half crazy weeks left).. a friend shared this amazing spoken word video with my before juries and finals last semester, and it is just as applicable now. For those of you going through this like I am, just hear these words and really let them sink in... (and because it's not on youtube.com, I cannot actually put the video on haha)
https://vimeo.com/128292930
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
...Even finals... (and juries..)
Especially these.
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