Being in college you learn a good deal about things that really have nothing to do with your major, minor, or even school. The thing that I'm learning the most about is people. I've started to realize how good of a saying "don't judge a book by its cover" really is. I was talking to one of my best friends the other day and she was talking about how her friends at school don't know her like I do and like her friends from back home do. It made me think that what the people that meet us throughout life see is just a glimpse of our stories. Some people get to read a chapter, some read a paragraph, and some just read a sentence. But in all actuality no many people at all read or even skim the whole book.
It's only our oldest friends and our closest family members that ever get the chance to read that much. That's why it's so scary and frustrating to go to new places. Because as soon as you have some big problem to deal with you don't have anyone to go to about it. Let's face it, not many people want to hear your whole life story and even if you find the few people that do, it's exhausting to tell it. It's like trying to give Cliff Notes for your whole life and pick out what was and wasn't important and leave out certain things and exxagerate others. But the beautiful thing is, that's what God is here for. He's the only one that has read us cover to cover and knows us through and through.
I make the mistake of trying to internalize my problems or go to someone else about them that doesn't know me. That isn't always bad but sometimes I forget that God is the best person to go to. He read my preface, every chapter, and even the boring little side notes that popped up from time to time. Honestly that's what we all need, someone who just gets us. We need someone that knows everything there is to know about us and that's what God does for us. He promises to know us even better than we do. That's the beauty of the relationship, He knows us better than we do. You can't ask for much more than that.
It's only our oldest friends and our closest family members that ever get the chance to read that much. That's why it's so scary and frustrating to go to new places. Because as soon as you have some big problem to deal with you don't have anyone to go to about it. Let's face it, not many people want to hear your whole life story and even if you find the few people that do, it's exhausting to tell it. It's like trying to give Cliff Notes for your whole life and pick out what was and wasn't important and leave out certain things and exxagerate others. But the beautiful thing is, that's what God is here for. He's the only one that has read us cover to cover and knows us through and through.
I make the mistake of trying to internalize my problems or go to someone else about them that doesn't know me. That isn't always bad but sometimes I forget that God is the best person to go to. He read my preface, every chapter, and even the boring little side notes that popped up from time to time. Honestly that's what we all need, someone who just gets us. We need someone that knows everything there is to know about us and that's what God does for us. He promises to know us even better than we do. That's the beauty of the relationship, He knows us better than we do. You can't ask for much more than that.
AGREED! I think the most beneficial things I learned in college, were things that I learned outside of the classroom.
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