In the first week, we went through orientation. I met my roommate, who is a gem. She is an answer to prayer. She is a Christian, very nice and considerate. I really like her. I also met the 'student leaders' who tried to get us to 'adjust' to 'campus life'. I had to sit through explicit, risqué skits, listen to filthy music that was played during mandatory programs, and learn that I have to worry about being drugged through my drink by my peers. Not a very good first impression. I have met some very nice ladies and I probably have made some friends.(It is too early to tell) I also have met some ladies who for some reason have to decided to lace their language with filthy words. I worry about one of those words coming out of mouth. Every time I hear them I hear them (which is several times a day) I pray that Yahweh will keep my mind pure and my lips from even letting one of these words slip out.
Okay, enough negativity, on to the positive. I really like my teachers. They are strict, but make the classes interesting. My piano teacher is wonderful, and just like the one I had in high school. My brother has called me at least twice every day and he makes me laugh when I feel like crying. My parents call me all the time to make sure I'm okay and to keep me on track. Daddy and Mommy pray with me every morning. Best of all yesterday I got a chance to shared my faith with my roommate and another girl from my floor. The girl was wondering why I always wore skirts. I was nervous and I think I was shaking , but I was able to tell her the scriptures behind my dress and headcovering. Afterwards my roommate wanted me to show here the actual verses so I did and we talked about it for a few minutes. All the glory goes to Yahweh! I desperately needed that practice sharing what I believe. If the opportunity comes again, I want to be able to confidently share the Gospel.
Well today is Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets. This Feast is a shadow picture of Savior's return. What's interesting is that it is know as the day that no man knows just like no man knows the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will return. This is my first year celebrating. Sadly I'm not at home so I couldn't do much. According to Leviticus 23:23-25, it is a day of rest and since it fell on Shabbat this year I celebrated both of them together. I listened to shofars online (I don't own one), spent the rest of the day singing, playing and listening to music. I also imagined what the trumpet will sound like when our Messiah actually returns. It could happen in our generation!!!Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand~Joel 2:1
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.~1 Corinthians 15:51-52
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1Thessalonians 4:15-17
Halleluyah!! I can't wait!!
Chag Sameach Yom Teruah and Shabbat Shalom!!
~Victoria
1 comments:
Your post brought back memories for me. My first semester at college was very lonely at first. I was like you, wondering if I would find any good friends, even though I was at a Bible College. That's great, that you talk to your brother and parents often! You must miss them very much.
Our family celebrated Yom Teruah for the first time this year, too. We await His return with great expectation! HalleluYah!
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