You Can't Always Get What You Want, But If You Try Sometimes You Just Might Find You Get What You Need

What a great song. But after a year of ups and downs and learning things the hard way, I think a better way of saying it would go "You can't always get what you want, but if you wait on the Lord, you just might find HE'LL give you what He knows you need." And man, oh man has that been a tough lesson to learn!

This year has been a constant cycle of "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" (and, I must admit, he hath had to taketh some things quite forcefully from my stubborn little hands). But he has always known exactly what I need and graciously provided it for me. Thanks Jesus :)

Last week, He blessed me beyond anything I could ever hope to deserve and placed me in my NUMBER ONE choice of groups to work in over the next two years! I will be working in Charlotte in the INDUSTRIALS group which will give me some wonderful deal experience and allow me to learn more than I can probably even imagine at this point. I will officially begin work (starting with 6 weeks of training) on either June 7th or 14th, meaning I will most likely be moving to Charlotte at the very end of May. I cannot believe how quickly it is all approaching and the fact that I am actually moving away permanently has yet to really hit me. This time won't be like the summers I've flittered off to Paris and New York for a few months, but it will truly be the start of a new life...

I can remember the last time I felt like this...it was over 4 years ago as I was finishing up my senior year in high school. I was so excited and so nervous at the same time, having no idea what to expect as I looked forward to the beginning of a new life at Auburn. But God knew. And what He had in store for me was so much more amazing than anything I could have ever imagined. Although my college years certainly did not come without rough patches, tears, or heartache, the journey was more than worth it and I wouldn't trade those precious years for anything. So today, as I look ahead to a new city and a new career with those same mixed feelings, I have peace and confidence knowing that my Savior is just as much in control of the next chapter as He was the last time. And He already knows "just what I need."