Photo Credit: Joyful Moments Photography | Raise your hand if you have finished a chapter of your life only to think, "What's next?" "ME! ME! PICK ME!" I just graduated from University! Woohoo! I'm no longer a student! FINALLY. I have been ready for this for A WHILE. But have I? Really? Now that the path ahead of me is empty for the first time in 23 years... I'm not quite as confident as I thought I'd be. To be honest: I'M REALLY SCARED. Will I get a job? Will I be far from home? Will I settle into a boring, average life? These are the questions that plague me as I pack up and leave campus for the last time and move back into my parents' home. In some ways, I don't feel different. I got up on Monday morning and went to student teaching like normal. I taught lessons, went to church, and applied for jobs. But as I look over to my diploma, I immediately realize it's all over. I am thrilled that all I worked for paid off, but in a way, I am sort of feeling let down. Hanging over the congratulatory wishes this weekend is a sense of disappointment. I have been a student for about 19 years of my life, and for the first time, I can't label myself as a student anymore. Who am I now? Really, I am the same as before. Yes, there is seeming empty road ahead, but these things stay the same throughout life: I am a Child of God I am a Soul-Winner I am a Worshi pper Instead of focusing on the unknown territory ahead, look at the identity that Christ gave us when we received the Holy Ghost. This should be calming in the face of the unknown. These things sometimes get mistaken for the everyday mundane, but it is the heartbeat of our being. This identity is the most important thing. Jobs, money, homes, and things will come and go, but at the end of the day, when it's all said and done, this is what matters. Furthering the Kingdom of God is all that matters. I once heard a quote, and honestly I can't remember where I heard this (so if it was you who told me this, sorry!) "When you don't know what to do, do what you know." Are you facing a similar situation? How are you dealing with it, or how did you gracefully move into the next chapter? Let me know in the comments! Kate :) |
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Katelyn Schultz
Graduated in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental and Vocal Music Education from Capital University, and is now an elementary music teacher. She is actively involved in various ministries in her church, as well as songwriting, which she has been doing since the seventh grade. She enjoys traveling and trying coffee anywhere she goes, but most importantly, she wants to share her passion for ministry and learn more about how to make worship a life style. Archives
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