God is speaking to me and He sounds like James Earl Jones

This will need some explaining.

I quite possibly just had the biggest epiphany of my life. I now understand that God wasn't just teaching me to give everything over to Him,to fully rely on Him, He was teaching me patience as well. Patience for school and patience for relationships. But He also had so much more planned for me this summer that I ever thought.

I figured God was teaching me that I can't plan my life when I didn't get into Environmental Design when I thought I would. A year ago I knew that I was supposed to be in Environmental Design but God wasn't ready for that to happen - not how I thought it should. Ultimately it's not up to me and I know that, but it took me a year of not getting what I wanted when I thought I should to realize that. (I should clarify that when I say I didn't get what I wanted, I am referring to my plans in school.) This is where the patience comes in. There are days I could just hear God saying to me, "Patience, my child. I have great things planned for you but you have to let me do the work in your life." I mean, I could hear the voice of God loud and clear and he sounded just like James Earl Jones. Ok, so maybe everyone hears God's voice how they want to, but when He speaks to me, He sounds like James Earl Jones.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Even if you don't know why, there is a reason that will reveal itself eventually. I didn't know why I had to wait until this summer to get into Environmental Design instead of in the spring until now. To some, that's pretty quick...but when you think about it day after day like I did, it doesn't seem so quick. Well, I don't have to think about it anymore. It was made obvious to me today. You ready for this? (You might not think it's that big of a deal, but it is to me.)

Had I been accepted into Environmental Design in the spring, I would have stayed in College Station, taking classes all summer. But that's not what God wanted. He used this summer to strengthen many friendships and relationships that I have with people and show me some new ones, one in particular. Had I stayed in College Station, I wouldn't have met (again) one of the most incredible people I have ever come in contact with. Just thinking what it would have been like to have been accepted into Environmental Design now makes me sad. There's so much that I would have missed. But that's the beauty of it. I wasn't supposed to miss it. I am exactly where I am supposed to be. God is working in my life. He has complete control and it's the most wonderful feeling.

The other night I had a talk with God on the way home. Ususally my prayers are silent, but on this night, I needed to speak outloud to Him. So I didn't really have a talk, it was more of a conversation. Just me and God who sounds like James Earl Jones. It's such a beautiful relationship that we have with Him, to be able to cry out to Him, "I need you right now, God" and know that He's always there. But that's really another story for another time.