Caught off guard by the treasures.
Completely overwhelmed by the blessings.
I'm sitting in a classroom at New Hope Christian College. I'm the head of a chapel team. What does that mean, you ask? It means I oversee six other leaders who oversee six subgroups of people with different gifts, interests and abilities. All these people come together to plan and put on a chapel for the student body.
What does that have to do with being surprised by grace?
I'm so glad you asked.
As I'm sitting here, I hear and observe my different leaders and their groups. I hear laughter from our Programming Fractal, as they watch and listen to the various creative elements they've each brought to the table. Our Communications Fractal just got done covering our next speaker in prayer. I hear exaggerated operatic voices singing song lyrics in our Frontlines Fractal and the strains of worship videos on YouTube playing.
I am sitting here overwhelmed by the gift of the people in my life.
In two months I graduate from New Hope Christian College. I'll be done and out of the picture. It's weird to think that within the next four years no one on this campus will know who I am.
The past four years I have invested my life into this place, this family. I've laughed here, cried here, been overwhelmed by joy, stress, pain, and blessings. My time here has not been easy, but it has been one of the most influential and key seasons of my life in me becoming a leader and woman of God.
And here, at the end of this chapter, I am overwhelmed by God's gifts.
One of those being the amazing people I get to work with and build relationships with.
