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Change Happens

If you did not already know, I will be starting my first year of college next week. I'm in the process of packing up my room, deciding what I will need to take to college with me and what to leave behind, asking teachers and soon-to-be classmates some questions I have, searching for jobs around the area knowing that I will need one of those almost as soon as I get there, and trying to figure out what my workload and schedule will look like. I will be moving into a dorm room by myself, and I will begin living off of college cafeteria food (so having a set time that I am allowed to eat each meal). This is a big change in my life, and I doubt I will ever be completely ready for the change until it is time for me to move in. It is really a process. 

This time of change in my life keeps on making me think about change, though. Change is a good thing, and sometimes it is exactly what we need. Oftentimes in the Bible, it tells us that we need to repent from our sins. The word repent can be described as "turning a full 180". We need to realize that we are not on the right track and turn around or CHANGE our pathway to follow the right track we need to be on. This can be hard, especially if we are living in sin and we don't want to turn from it. But, we need to. It is the correct pathway. This process of repenting or CHANGING our direction will probably happen constantly in a Christian's walk. Repentance is not like salvation- it is a step that needs to be repeated every time we sin. We need to keep on changing our paths to go back to following the Lord's. 

I make changes all the time. I love to clean and change around my room. I like sometimes to change styles of clothes or music and sometimes even change diets or other food habits. But, there are some things that I will never change. One of those is my walk with Christ. I do not ever want to doubt His existence or question His plan for me. Of course, I do sometimes question but I always come back to the same conclusion- God is Lord of my life and He knows what is best for me. 

This idea kind of lead back into my first thought. As I leave for college, I will have so much on my plate. So much is changing, and while I kind of know some of the people there, and I trust them, I do not have anyone that I know really well close to me to help me if I am ever in a situation I need help with, or dealing with a question that I don't know the answer to. I know that God is always with me, and He will never change, so I can know that He will help me through whatever difficulties I face during the next adventure in my path- college. 

For those who have been to college, chose to skip that step, or are too young to understand this process I am going through, I hope you were still able to gain something through this post.  Because of this big change, I may not post as often, if ever again. I hope to keep this up as I learn throughout my year(s) in college about my walk with God and all He has for me, but I may be so busy that I forget about this. I hope and pray that everyone I know will remain faithful to our Lord and Savior throughout the rest of their lives, as I pray that I can as well. 

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