tuesdays with amy.

"when we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place."

--c.s. lewis

today is tuesday, august 18th. for some, it's the tuesday before their freshmen classes start. for others, it's the tuesday before they begin their last year of undergraduate studies. for me, it's the tuesday before i leave for birmingham, and start again. graduate school. seminary. a new job. in a new city. in a new state. with a new roommate.

tuesday for me used to be really different--a rush of classes, work, meetings, Bible studies, hanging out with BCM friends, crosstrainings, meetings after, and taco tuesday. now...tuesdays aren't quite the same. i must confess that it is hard to leave something that was such a big part of my life for four years. i miss it, more than i can even express. i know new things are ahead for me...or at least, i know this in my head. my heart hasn't figured it out just yet, and there's quite a large void there. i'm going to miss the ministry, and leadership meetings, and the feeling of excitement and anticipation inside the big room at 7:30pm each tuesday night. tonight felt really funny, knowing that a lot of my friends were in columbia, at crosstraining, while i was at home, packing and preparing for tomorrow. my heart was definitely in columbia.

but...just like cs lewis said, losing one blessing merely means that the Lord has something else, possibly unexpected, in its place. i'm going to wait, and hope, and know that whatever is next will be beneficial and good and right...and exactly where the Lord wants me :) we are called to a place, and to a time...as audrey once said,

"bloom where you are planted, but never let the roots tangle. make it easy for God to pull you up."

amen.