there's a buzz in the air...

...I just wish it was my air. Everywhere I turn I read about or hear students talking about starting college in a couple of days, or moving in a couple of days. It's almost contagious...too bad it's not. I can remember moving into the dorms at Union and laying in bed the first night thinking about the unknown, of which I was standing at the starting line.

There was a freshness about college. It was the beginning of something new, and perhaps something great. The fact was, I didn't know what was ahead; all I knew was I was on my way. What an intimidating feeling in that moment. I was moving ahead, but I had no clue what God had in store. The excitement of those days still carries on in my memories and in my emotions. Sometimes I wish I was back there, laying in that bed. Don't get me wrong, God has truly blessed my life with a loving wife and beautiful children, but sometimes it's good to go back and remember that feeling of faith. I didn't know God was going to bring me to where I am now. I only knew it was unknown. There was a story waiting to be written, and I was only at the title of chapter one.

That's where these students stand now (or lay, depending on what time it is when you read this, but I guarantee they go to be later than you). They're at the edge of the unknown. They've moved from a place of knowing it all (or so they thought), to a place of independence mixed with dependence on God. It's an awesome place to be!

I hope the story being written is one pointing to Jesus. I hope it's one that will glorify their Creator. It may be unknown to you and me, but to God it's already been written. It's just written in invisible ink.