The Graduation Dilemma

It's that time of year when I scroll through social media and see a million posts from college graduates - of beautiful graduation pictures with captions proudly stating what they will be doing after graduating from college. I can assure you, it is not that glamorous. You don't see the many tears shed because of the uncertainty of where life will take you, possibly leaving friends in your college town, not wanting to go into the "real world," and many more reasons. Not to mention the exhaustion that comes with planning your future while maintaining your responsibilities to jobs, organizations, and classes. 

At the beginning of my senior year, I thought I would have everything figured out and would be a prodigy in all my classes. In reality, I'm about to walk across the stage at graduation, not knowing exactly where I'm going to law school, and I am so done with classes I took a proctored test at Chimy's the other night. Day by day, I am learning to be more than okay in this season of life. I'm reminded that no matter how hard I try to plan and organize my life, it all comes down to His plan for me. A couple weeks ago, the pastor at my church said, "He doesn't always calm the storm around us, but he calms the storm within us." So here I am, sitting out in a full-blown tornado sipping my sweet tea and wondering where the Lord will take me next.

Above, you'll see a girl that appears to have everything put together - but Lord knows she doesn't.