ORIGINALLY POSTED: May 4, 2010
So I'm watching people move out of my building and I remember the days where my parents would drive up and we would pack up the car and I would be happy...happy, because I knew that in a couple of months I would be right back on campus with all my friends. Obviously this year is different. I eat lunch with people (we call them dates haha) and when we say goodbye I'm not sure when I'll see them. I'm packing up my stuff to go into a storage unit with the knowledge that I won't bring it back here.
Now, I love Mount Union. I know the ins and outs of this campus; the fastest way to class, the best walking paths, how to sneak into the cafeteria, quirks of all my professors, residents and staff in every dorm. I have memories all over this place. And believe it or not I'm a pretty popular person here =) I'm comfortable to the point that I really can't imagine living in a different place realistically.
But, should I stay here like in the movie Van Wilder who refuses to graduate from college even after say 10 years, it would be fairly creepy. I would be that senior who really doesn't belong there but just somehow can't move on. I would be graduated yet still try to fit in with these people who I'm no longer a part of. Moving on is necessary.
This has got me thinking about my heart. How many things in my heart should I have naturally moved on, conquered, put to rest and yet am still struggling with? There are certain things that just like Mount Union, I've become comfortable in and not able to envision myself living without.
The Lord is urging me to graduate from more than just college, to leave behind more comforts than Mount Union today....what about you?
So I'm watching people move out of my building and I remember the days where my parents would drive up and we would pack up the car and I would be happy...happy, because I knew that in a couple of months I would be right back on campus with all my friends. Obviously this year is different. I eat lunch with people (we call them dates haha) and when we say goodbye I'm not sure when I'll see them. I'm packing up my stuff to go into a storage unit with the knowledge that I won't bring it back here.
Now, I love Mount Union. I know the ins and outs of this campus; the fastest way to class, the best walking paths, how to sneak into the cafeteria, quirks of all my professors, residents and staff in every dorm. I have memories all over this place. And believe it or not I'm a pretty popular person here =) I'm comfortable to the point that I really can't imagine living in a different place realistically.
But, should I stay here like in the movie Van Wilder who refuses to graduate from college even after say 10 years, it would be fairly creepy. I would be that senior who really doesn't belong there but just somehow can't move on. I would be graduated yet still try to fit in with these people who I'm no longer a part of. Moving on is necessary.
This has got me thinking about my heart. How many things in my heart should I have naturally moved on, conquered, put to rest and yet am still struggling with? There are certain things that just like Mount Union, I've become comfortable in and not able to envision myself living without.
The Lord is urging me to graduate from more than just college, to leave behind more comforts than Mount Union today....what about you?
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