Back to School and Back to Life

So I'm a month in to school, and life is pretty good. I've started practicum, I still have a job, I have made some great new friends and I have an apartment. I have definitely seen spiritual growth in my since this summer. I have seen how I like to put parts of God in a box and then expect that my box is the only correct way. I now see that I am so human that I must stop being so arrogant to think that I have the only correct way to do things.

This year I am trying to broaden my horizons by going to different church services once in a while to see how others praise God and worship Him. I have not been able to make good on that goal yet due to practicum but I have not forgotten my goal.

Practicum is another beast altogether. I have been placed with 5th and 6th graders, that is not really my passion but I am beginning to love their enthusiasm for life and God. It is invigorating even if it is tiring. I really hope to grow and learn more about my self and style of teaching and reaching out to others that I may not think I am best equipped to reach out to.

I have also seen my confidence grow since last year, I feel like I am much more intense than I was before, and that my opinions are more formed and thought out. Sometimes I think my confidence is bordering on arrogance and I am doing my best to submit before Yahweh to curb that extreme.

As for girls. As a man I have found that I am in constant pursuit. Doors open and doors close. As of right now I have found a beautiful woman that I like and desperately want to like me back, but patience seems to be the key now, along with prayer and guidance from friends.

I have found lately that I miss Joel, and the intensity that he exudes for God and study of the Word and life. I miss being pushed beyond the obvious and being guided by somebody who is passionate and who understands that the small things in life are not to be overlooked but studied. I miss my friend.