Life is fast. Especially this first school week of school. I've already learned a whole lot about myself and how I seem to do when I come to a challenge, such as the first week of school. Hopefully I'll be able to take these things and apply them towards the rest of the year.

1. How to Rest

Rest is extremely important. This is something I've already known and have made myself do, but I didn't know how important this would be for me this week of school. Just for reference, here is my schedule from this last week.

See, something there that is very small in my week? "Happy birthday!". Yup, I turned 19! But in the thick of all of that, I had meetings, I had training, I had classes. I didn't have much time to really do what normal people do for birthdays. Taking time off. Going on walks, sitting on your own, treating yourself to coffee. That was rest for me. And if I didn't have it, I might have broken down at some point (and I sure was close).

2. How to Worship

I don't think I've ever worshiped more for the sake of worshiping than this week. Unfortunately, a lot of the times when we think of worship, (as a worship leader) we think of how I'm preparing for something, or how I'm about to be leading musically. But this week, I learned (or re-learned) the joy of worshiping for the sake of worshiping. As a method to be in community with your friends. Something that no matter how tired you may be, you still do it.

3. How to Love Others

Following the last point, I want to thank a lot of my new freshmen friends for allowing me to do that. It's great watching you guys just worship. And thank you for letting me in. I've always felt like I knew how to Love Others, until you actually have the choice to do it. It's so easy to be so comfortable the first week of school. This week, I've never felt more uncomfortable. New faces, new jobs, new responsibilities. But what allowed me to keep going was the constant reminder that what I would be doing is based on love. I can do anything my heart desires and plan and even worship to the best of my ability, but if I can't love, then it means nothing. 1 Corinthians 13.