It's a Process

I applied to Gordon pretty late in the game, so I’m finding myself having to go through the process of sending in forms and such rather quickly. The deadlines for everything are typically spread throughout the beginning of the year – giving the students time to gather it all together. Again, since I’ve started this process late, I got to get everything done and sent in ASAP. Deposit (sent), housing questionnaire (sent), medical forms (not yet done), and financial aid verification forms (not yet done), and this is just the beginning. Once this all gets sent in, a new phase starts – looking for loans, and hopefully…register for classes (the fun stuff!). And with that, I guess I then have to wait (unless something else comes up). The college process is fun and exciting at one moment, yes, but at other moments it can cause some great anxiety. All in all, it is making itself out to be an interesting one.

Another process - sanctification. Simply, sanctification is growing in Christ. Further, it’s being willing to cooperate (saying yes) with God’s spirit to be transformed, while trusting in the One who is leading the process. Ultimately, the process of sanctification will cost us everything. An analogy I was taught with this was to think of it in terms of a check. You write the check out to Jesus. The amount is everything (that’s a LOT of zeros). Gotta make sure you sign it. Then, you give it to Jesus.

The thing with this process, the growing, most of the time we tend to not really see or notice it while it’s happening (cause it’s usually during the hard times that we grow, and we are usually focusing more on how hard or stressful that hard time may be). These past few months I knew I was growing – past experiences have shown me that – but at first, I was focused on how hard things were. Once I began to give things over more to Jesus, I could not only see the growth, I could feel it. Now, looking back, I can see how I’ve grown and why.

This morning was just another part of what makes this process, this walk with Christ, so wonderfully beautiful. The past couple of days of getting lost in the college process, yes, I was including Jesus in it, but I didn’t get myself to spend that devoted, focused time with Him. It is crazy how just a few days without spending some good one-on-one time with Jesus can quickly affect you. So, I took some of that much needed time today…and wow!

The fire that grows, and the connection that deepens during these intimate moments with our heavenly Father, our close friend, is awesomely indescribable.
I would go more in depth with this topic, but the time is getting late and this chick is fading fast.

Sweet dreams all!