I kid you not. Yesterday it was 80 degrees outside. Today we had freezing rain. I can hear the ice smacking my window.
Crazy Midwest weather...
Now to the next part of this post...
Guys, I'm going to be able to go to my number one college choice! Let me tell you something right now. It was all God. He gets all the glory here. And I'm not just saying that. The only college that I could afford to attend was the one my dad is currently a professor at. This school is pretty good, but it didn't have any programs I wanted. I also wanted a chance to start fresh, so going to college in my town wasn't the most appealing idea to me. Unfortunately, since the university I'm going to is very, very expensive, there was still a $12,000 gap even after my financial aid and scholarships were added in. My parents broke the news that I wasn't going to go to my college. I was angry, frustrated, heartbroken. I had worked so hard...for nothing.
A couple nights after, I had finished reading for the night. Since my book was a Christian woman's account about facing "a new kind of normal", it filled me with peace. I prayed, "Lord, wherever you want me to go, I'll take it. I'm sorry for my rage and selfishness before. Thank you for giving me an opportunity for college."
The next evening, my parents broke the news. The college had offered me enough money to almost cover my gap! This meant I could go! I. Was. Ecstatic. I never thought that I would be able to make it this far, but because of God's grace, I can run farther than I ever thought I could (metaphorically, of course).
There are many more miracles that happen every day, miracles with a bigger magnitude and impact, and I feel like I seem selfish for jabbering on about this particular one, when being able to wake up and live is a miracle in itself, but I believe that each miracle is special.
And miracles DO happen. They're not just something you read about.
They're just not always expected.
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