So this semester has been the craziest semester of college to date. (speaking of date...I'll get to that)

Architecture was ridiculous. The way our professor had it set up, the first part of the semester was slow, and then after spring break it hit immediate break-neck speed! Model-making and graphic-drawing on the computer has kept me away from a lot of people and events this past month or so. Thankfully, it is over, and I can resume a more leisurely pace.

Meanwhile, German class was a bit of a pain. It was difficult, but I was able to hang in there with all the readings and grammar and participation in class (which was a major portion of our grade, and I don't really like the way he was grading this).

Art and Architecture History was sub-average. It was a lot of reaing and memorization of art pieces and the class took more time than I wanted to give it. It was my eight o'clock class T TH, which was kinda rough with all the stuff going on MWF.

Management online was difficult. Not the material, but that I had to squeeze that in because it was self-managed. And, the online tests ALWAYS happened on weeks where lots of stuff was due for other classes. Boo.

So, throughout all that I've been teaching Shakespeare for CYT. It's been going real good. The students have been memorizing and working through the final scene of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's been edited for time, but I think they might have it tonight. (classes have been on Tuesday evenings).

I didn't get the two internships I applied for this summer. I was going to apply for more, but school got really hectic, and sending out other resumes got lost in the shuffle. I'm still looking for a part time job to supplement the other two that I've had this semester. SYS/ Dad whenever he needs me + e City Java on weekends.

God has been teaching me things among all this too. I've made some great friends and I have developed some awesome friendships.

I say these two things together, because our relationship with GOD really does affect our relationships with OTHERS.

I have struggled this semester. A LOT. "Can I just say that? Can I get that off my chest?"

I woke up this morning/afternoon feeling very whole + well rested. It's amazing that God has been teaching me the importance of all these things through Rob Bell + Erwin McManus + Brad + Perry every week. Plus, I've got some crazy ideas that I found reading this week. The Scriptures are SO RICH!

My ideas for the future? Well, I could talk and talk and talk. Seriously, I could talk all day about now, the past, what' s been going on, etc. I can talk about the future. Just talk and talk and talk about vision and this and that and the other. I could just talk until you're sick of it and leave the room like your going to the bathroom but not really. I could talk until...you can see how much I can talk-

but until I do something about all I talk about, it's just words...

isn't it?

My ideas for the future are this: to DO more DOING and make LESS noise. To KNOW that God isn't just in the wind, and the traffic, and the tv and the internet and the groups of people and the rock and roll and the annoying beep of my alarm clock...BUT He is in the

whisper. the silence. the aloneness. the dark places.

I've been wanting to go on a date recently. Matt Feiling has made fun at the crushes I've had over the past semester. It's been sad because I really would have asked some of these girls on dates, but I wasn't ready, and I knew it. Because I was too busy. Because I was not willing to let God come into every aspect of my life. Because I was too focused on the NOISE and not on the whisper.

But even though I wasn't allowing Him EVERYTHING, I recognize that I am still BLESSED beyond measure. That He still has plans for me.

That if I let Him, He will MAKE ALL THNGS NEW. He that makes "everything beautiful in its time".

Listen

for the whisper.