John 1:14 "The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."—

"I want none beside Him. In life He is my life, and in death He shall be the death of death; in poverty Christ is my riches; in sickness He makes my bed; in darkness He is my star, and in brightness He is my sun; He is the manna of the camp in the wilderness, and He shall be the new corn of the host when they come to Canaan. Jesus is to me all grace and no wrath, all truth and no falsehood: and of truth and grace He is full, infinitely full."- a quote by Spurgeon

Well as I sit in our hotel room in the great city of Nashville, all my thoughts are consumed with this job interview I have in a few minutes. It is at a pediatric dental office and I am pretty nervous! I usually try to read the morning and evening devotions and tonight's devotion has this quote (above) included in it. I love this! I love how it contrasts the sin/darkness/pain of life with the gloriousness of Himself. What an incentive to rely on Him...not just in death or darkness, but in life. even in brightness- He is my SUN. How I need Him and desire to lean on Him and address my concerns to Him daily.

a new chapter...

so today is my last final exam of my college career...which i would like to think constitutes a new chapter of my life. not only am i done with finals, i am finishing up college, and hopefully moving on to a job and the "real" world. the first things that come to my mind in this chapter are budgeting and the excitement of "new" things.
my whole life, i have not been one for adventure. in fact, my family used to tease me all of the time because i would only eat the same things. i never wanted to go out of my comfort zone. i didn't realize that that concept would leak into every part of my being. even going off to college, i never wanted to face that change of environment or lifestyle. it's not that i dislike adventure...i do like excitement and new things, but i guess it is that initial feeling of change and having to adapt to something different.
things i am looking forward to that are "new" will be: location, career, being on my own, paying for things on my own, paying bills, etc. more people my age have already gone and are going through this now...scary!
i guess today would be considered the close of a chapter...and the "almost" turning of a page into a new chapter. :)