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Faith:
Faith is daring
the soul to go
beyond what the eyes can see.
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Reading Week, Here We Come!!
And here are the books I could realistically take home with me
to Madison and read during the next few days. Alas, my backpack will
not hold all of them, and truly, how will I get them back to the
apartment via public transportation!
A picture of a pile of
books isn't very unique is it? When I decided to include the picture
with this week's post, I hesitated. But this journey I am on has
been traveled by others. Praise God for that! Thankfully I am walking
in the path of many pastors who also listened to God's call; some who
quit a comfortable career, a comfortable life and commuted to
seminary. I am blessed to learn from those who went before me and
all current classmates, whom I share daily joys and concerns with.
A friend gave me the
plaque which I have sitting on top of the bookpile. It normally sits
on my bookshelf, and I see it each morning when I wake up. When I
miss my family and the comfortable life I had in Madison, I am
reminded of all the fantastic support which gets me through each day
of classes and each hour of studying. Support which I cannot see
with my eyes, but support which comforts me and strengthens me.
Faith and unseen
support have carried me through the first four weeks of classes and
to Reading Week. A week I look forward to because I can spend more
than 48 hours with my husband, and I can get caught up on reading/
papers/ classes and start working on CPE paperwork. Oh, and maybe I can start working ahead on my classes, those final papers and upcoming tests. Classmates, what do you think? Former seminarians, what do you think?
Faith: Faith is daring
the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.
I was the commuter blogger my junior year, coming down from Racine...good luck, it's worth it in the end, but a rocky road of ups and downs and planning that your classmates will not always be accustomed to.
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