Dear God,

I thank you so much for the great summer vacation that you gave me. From all the new opportunities, adventures, and people that I met throughout this time. I could not have imagined a better three months. Thank you for the long nights and the early mornings, the trips and the camps, and the days when I didn't wake up until noon. Those were personally my favorite.

This week begins another chapter that You have granted me. I feel so blessed that I am able to attend a school I love and learn from some of the best professors. I am also so so so relieved that I have a roof over my head and a new job that I love. I am thankful for the fact that I am surrounded by kind-hearted people who love me and support me, and are always there to catch me when I fall. They also hold me accountable and lift me up with Your words and promises when I fail to remember them on my own. I am excited to start this new journey and continue down the path you have designed for me.

God, I pray that this year becomes more about You and less about me. I pray that your glory, your will and your love is displayed through me. Let me be a vessel for your Word. I ask that you be with me on the easiest of days, and on the days when I seem hopeless and discouraged. Remind me that You are for me and never against me, and that You know the outcome of my decisions.

God, be with me while I lead events on campus, while I'm studying for my courses, and please calm my nerves on a test day because You know how crazy I can be. And, give those around me patience for the days when I'm high strung and in better words, a hot mess.

I pray for safe travels and experiences. I pray for good friendships and slow loves. I pray that I grow not only as a student, but as an adult and a servant of You. I ask that You show yourself to me daily in even the smallest of places. I pray that I can lead others to You and that I continue to follow You and You alone.

I thank you for the upcoming moments I will experience. I thank you for those that will come, and those that will go in my life. I trust that you have a plan bigger than what I will ever plan for myself, and in this, I can find peace with this upcoming semester.

I know that no matter what this semester throws at me, You will be with me every step of the way. Remind me to never give up or second guess Your plan. You are a good, good father and I am so excited to see how You change the hearts of myself and those around me.

Thank you again for what's ahead.

In your name I pray... Amen