I love the weekends!! Each week, we have an overwhelming amount of homework Monday through Friday, and then we have work duty (working in the campus kitchen) on Saturdays, so Sunday is our blissful day off. <3 Some people like to use this time to go off to the beach or something, but after a long week of mental work and a day of crazy kitchen duty, I prefer to just lay low, spend time in the prayer room, paint, and do other relaxing things. In general, I introvert hard. =) Oh, and I drink lots of tea no matter what temperature it is outside because I'm completely deprived of it during the week - we aren't allowed to bring any food or drink into the classroom, which breaks my heart.
This week was affectionately labelled "tribal week." We studied Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and the Psalms. Our class got split up into tribes and we competed throughout the lectures for points. I was in the tribe of Dan, and unfortunately that meant we were the smallest tribe, but we still won. ^_^ Knowing random Bible trivia pays off! Plus, we got bonus points because our team banner was the best. In all fairness, we had two artists on our team which gave us a significant advantage. Tribal week was fun because we had a lot of interactive competition thrown in, which always makes things more interesting. The material, however, was kind of crazy. We spent the majority of the time wading through Judges, and the stories in that book are nuts! It's pretty such a synopsis of hundreds of years of history before king Saul in which the tribes were disjointed, the people were being oppressed by the Canaanites, and hardly anyone was even following God anymore. It was really interesting to hear the discussions that came out of that and all of the questions we ended up asking our teacher. She did such a great job keeping everything in perspective and staying on track! Ruth and Psalms, on the other hand, were awesome!! I adore the Psalms, and we spent hours reading them. Every single one has such life in it. We color highlight as we go, and that entire section in my study Bible now looks like a skittles factory explosion. <3 I could spend a whole month on the Psalms! Overall, this week's theme for me was really about trusting and following God. I've been praying about what will be next for me after this, and all I keep feeling is peace. I have no idea where I will be in January, but God keeps reassuring me that it will be exactly where I need to be. He speaks to me so much through the Psalms, and they kept being highlighted to me over and over again - trust in the Lord... He will guide your steps... He will not fail you... He is our rock... My heart is so sure that He is watching over me, I'm not even worried about it. God is so worth trusting! And He's been teaching me that trusting Him in faith can actually be fun!
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