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In response to Kyle’s question on stress I am reminded of the semester this past semester. My life this past semester my life has changed more than any other short amount of time before (to learn more check out my blog). With all of the changes that have happened there has been a large amount of stress that has accompanied them. Unless you have gone through it, I don’t think that I could describe to you the amount of stress that a person feels leading up to there wedding. Coupled with the stress of my wedding this semester I also had to deal with a healing foot that I broke, and had surgery on at the end of last semester. Then there was starting two new jobs. I began working at Crescent Heights in December as the youth minister, and then in January as the custodian. Over the semester we have changed how we have done our Wednesday night youth services, organized and began playing in a youth band (an instrument I had no previous experience on), and began a University ministry. On top of this I am the one who has been ultimately responsible for the church getting cleaned every week as well. With working for CHBC I was offered a house to live in, which was an answer to prayer, but it also meant moving, a stressor I never enjoy welcoming. This is also my last semester in my undergraduate degree and the classwork that accompanies that is no picnic. All of this coupled together added a level of stress that kept me awake at night, and in a constant state of concern during the day. When I sleep I would dream of the wedding. Most recently my stressful dreams have focused on graduation (they are usually about a class that I need to pass to graduate that I have forgotten to go to all semester). This semester has been quite a semester.
One of the interesting things that I have recognized about each of these things is that while they are points in my life that bring me a great state of stress, they are also points that will reward me with great joy. Getting married has yielded me with one of the best rewards that is attainable in this life, a loving wife to spend the rest of my life with. While my broken foot was not the source of much joy it did lead to me needing a new job and applying at Crescent Heights. Crescent Heights has been a blessing in giving me a place to live, one job that I love to do, and another job that pays enough that I can provide for my family. In less than two weeks my undergraduate collegiate career will be concluded and I will be the proud owner of a Bachelor of Behavioral Arts degree. Even though this semester has been a point of great stress it has also been one of great joy.
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