"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." This quote came to my mind not too long ago (in terms of minutes), whereupon I was reflecting on the past months and trying to sort out where to go from there. I've been thinking about the blessings God has bestowed upon me, my friends, and just having an opportunity to live here on campus during the school year.
I played at FCA for the second week in a row tonight, and I must say it was pretty uplifting. During rehearsal I had quite a bit of trouble understanding the beat pattern on one of the songs, but when we led the worship singing part of the meeting, suddenly I got it. And when I got it, I just started having fun with it, and I knew God was playing the keyboard through my very fingers.
I've had a very busy week, in which I've gotten practically no sleep (no more than 5-6 hours, except for Saturday night), and the rest of this week doesn't let up one bit. Tomorrow I have registration for next fall's classes, and I have to scramble to find 7 people to learn a challenging piece I wrote by Monday for the composition concert.
I've been thinking recently about several people I haven't talked to over the past few weeks, trying to find the right time to pop up and ask them about their lives to date. I've been gradually doing just that with several other people I haven't been thinking about very much, and I hope that the cycle will continue.
I found my Sudoku puzzle book again. And by "found" I mean I picked it up from beneath the rubble on my desk and rediscovered an ancient little pleasure in figuring out where the numbers are supposed to go.
I've been distancing myself from Chicago sports without even trying. I know how the Bulls, Cubs and White Sox are all doing, but at the same time it doesn't matter as much to me what/how they do.
And I've been putting off bedtime every night since I've been back from Easter break. But last night I had a reason: Chapel Choir concert (which went extremely well), rehearsal with a dance group that will perform two weekends from now, and then composition, picking out classes, and dawdling around on Facebook. And apparently I have an official fan club there now.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.