It looks like eating a whole can of baked beans for dinner out of the pan you heated them in because that's easier than washing dishes and cheaper than buying bowls. It's really all good, I don't mind it one bit.
The part about college that I have minded is being over 1,000 miles from home, being sick and taking care of myself, and always thinking, "Get your A!" in every class.
You know what, though? When you're a 1,000 miles from home...
God's presence becomes your home.
When you're sick and taking care of yourself...
You learn to be gracious when you feel grouchy, trusting the Lord that you aren't going to just die because your mom isn't there.
When you don't get an A in every class...
The realization that ten years from now, no one will remember your accounting grade but they will remember what kind of friend you were to them becomes a true reality.
And all of those are Good Things. They're God things. And I am reminded once again that Joy isn't some fleeting feeling -- it's a choice that we make every day. It's a fruit of the Spirit, an outpouring of Jesus in us. Choosing joy is NOT always what we want to do... sometimes being the victim is easier or more fun. But that is not what Christ has called us to -- He has not called us to apathy, but to action, keeping in step with the Holy Spirit.
In choosing Joy, college also looks like....