Some of us met last Saturday afternoon to pray for the IBEX staff, and the new group going over, and it turned into a 5-hour thing!! It was awesome. We started out at Hotchkiss lounge: sang some of our semester songs (about 45 min), prayed for the staff and each other (45 min)... then realized we had missed dinner at the caf. So, we went to InNOut, all ten of us, and came back and ate and hung out in a lounge, since InNOut was packed, nowhere to sit. We each shared what God had taught us over break, or thoughts we'd been having even since getting back to TMC proper, and it was so good. I can't even express how encouraging it was. It's especially poignant because I know we won't have the same opportunity to do that during the semester-- everyone's just too busy and going all different directions. Hannah, Jenn, Kai, David, Philippe, Shane, Micah, Mary, Erin D and I just had a blast with each other. Hopefully next time others won't have schedule conflicts!! It's nigh unto impossible to get everyone together at once, but last night at dinner we were fortunate to sit together, unplanned: Holly, Hannah, Jenn, Emily, Salome, Micah, Philippe, Chris, and me. There's at least one of my people in all my classes so far... and Shane's in three of them. Weird. But cool! 8 of us are taking a second semester of Hebrew. I'm gonna die. Not if I work really hard, but I still might die from it even if I do work really hard. We'll see. I'll do my best, and rely on God's power.
After dinner/'sharing time'... some of us went to Sweazy for a birthday cake party thing for Naomi (Erin's old roommate), and some went to the basketball game. Some(ok, I) went to the party, then the game. Micah even took some pictures with a sweet Chapel Media camera! It was toward the end... 3 minutes left... and the 'Stangs were ahead by two, when at literally the last second, the other team made a 3-pointer. So crazy. I wish I could have seen more of the game, but I'd rather talk with people and what we did do was good, so no worries.
So, the bizarre event: Campus security called me at 1 am Saturday morning.... Could you please come down to the Swixon parking lot? There's been an incident with your vehicle... My heart pounding, I wasn't sure if it was a prank (and a weird one at that), so I took a couple people with me down there-- I wasn't gonna go by myself! Sure enough, there was a security guy... and a silver car blocking mine (so I thought.) Turns out its passenger side was kissing my bumper. We could not figure out the situation. How bizarre, that someone would run into my car, then leave! Turns out, it rolled from its parking space, and the owner had no idea what had happened. Only $400 damage to my car, but $1100 to hers, none of which I have to pay for. So it will work out fine. It was freezing standing out there, though! Absolutely bizarre. See picture below-- my car's bumper is on the right.
God is so gracious, even when His people are unfaithful. I see it in the Word in the Israelites' story... and I see it in my own life. If I really dwelt consistently on Christ, I would live differently. I just hope my life gives a testimony of His grace. I needed His grace to repent; and I still need His grace, daily, to live in a manner worthy of the Gospel.
His lovingkindness is everlasting.
M
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