I feel like I have been around the world and back in only the short time period of four days.

On the bus ride back to Indianapolis, everyone was asked to fill out a visitor's survey for the school. One of the questions inquired about my reasons for considering Bob Jones University. My first thought was, "Well, it's just where I want to go. It's exactly what I want!" And then I thought about how I really feel this is where God wants me, too. The mixture of those ideas made me realize how amazing it can be when what we want coincides with what the Lord wants for us. For so long, I told myself I could never attend a school as strict and conservative as Bob Jones. I love(d) my basic freedoms too much. However, it became so evident and so clear that whether I liked it or not, that was the college God wanted me to attend. It's all part of His plan for my life! (It's so exciting!) I surrendered to God's will, and with that surrender came the joy of living inside of God's plan. Psalms 37:4 reminds us that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart. I never able to truly experience what that verse meant until now. (And it's awesome!)

The night before I left, one of my roommates, Hope, looked at me and said, "Out of all the guests we've had stay with us, you are definitely our favorite. You're so much fun to be around, and you really seem to fit in here." That meant so much to me. I don't fit in at school. I don't fit in at church (anymore.) I really don't fit in at work. And sometimes, I don't even fit in with my own family. But I fit in at Bob Jones. I was apart of something that was important to me, something that really mattered. I wasn't on the outside looking in.

I can't wait to be exactly where I belong.