"don't surround yourself with the people who are just fun. surround yourself with people who love God enough to love you enough to hurt you. as you know and will soon know better, not everyone there wants to follow Christ...in fact, most will not. so find the people who love God enough to love you enough to hurt you when you need it." - Caleb McClarren
This is the best piece of advice I've gotten so far about going away to school. Knowing that next year I'm going to have to make all new friends and form all new relationships is really starting to be overwhelming for me. I love my friends here and I haven't been without most of them for longer than a week. Now I'm going to be 3 hours away where I'll be experiencing new things, meeting new people, taking a much harder curriculum in comparison to UT. I don't know how much time I'll have to phone home and I know the relationships that I've formed here are going to change. So when I do something really stupid I'm going to need someone to tell me it was stupid. Oay...I'm going to need to find a new Gretchen and a new Alicia and a new Chelsea. That my friends is going to be impossible. What am I going to do?!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy 4th!
Happy 4th of July everybody!
I love the 4th of July. I don't know if its because of the bbq's or the watermelon, or the fireworks but i love the 4th! Typically by this time every year I'm walking around Whitehouse with Libby pondering love, life, and the future. However, this year I'm forced to do things differently. For starters, Libby is in Mexico on a missions trip, not here to talk with. Secondly, I'm not going to Whitehouse for the usual barbeque, I'll be in Bowling Green just for fireworks. Thirdly, I don't have a boy to go with. Now I know this sounds incredibly petty but for the past five 4th of July's I've had a boy to cuddle with under the fireworks making for incredibly romantic moments. This year...nada. No one for Chelsea. But maybe this is a good thing? Tonight, it'll be just me with my sister and brother-in-law. Should prove to be an interesting night :)
I love the 4th of July. I don't know if its because of the bbq's or the watermelon, or the fireworks but i love the 4th! Typically by this time every year I'm walking around Whitehouse with Libby pondering love, life, and the future. However, this year I'm forced to do things differently. For starters, Libby is in Mexico on a missions trip, not here to talk with. Secondly, I'm not going to Whitehouse for the usual barbeque, I'll be in Bowling Green just for fireworks. Thirdly, I don't have a boy to go with. Now I know this sounds incredibly petty but for the past five 4th of July's I've had a boy to cuddle with under the fireworks making for incredibly romantic moments. This year...nada. No one for Chelsea. But maybe this is a good thing? Tonight, it'll be just me with my sister and brother-in-law. Should prove to be an interesting night :)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
It seems that I can't seem to let things settle. As much as I'd like to I have a tendency to make really stupid decisions. Tonight, although it wasn't a stupid decision, it was one that is going to well...complicate things. Why is it that patience is so hard sometimes? Why can't I just be happy with the way things are? Well, what's done is done. There's nothing left to say about it other than it's going to be a bumpy ride. But will he go with me?
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