I feel like every blog entry the last six months has started with an apology for falling off the face of the earth because...well...it has! Sorry. In the absence of blogging there has been a great discovery though...I've found "kabes" again! For those of you who've only known me from 2006 to present or better known as my LC years, you have no idea who kabes is. Kabes is one of the nicknames I picked up in my high school years from my friend Jay McFarland and it has stuck with me. All through my 8 summers of working Centrifuge kabes is all I was known by. I feel schizophrenic just writing this blog but oh well...kabes is back. I came to Louisiana College broken, hurting and suffering from depression. That's a bad combo when you are starting a new job, much less one that is incredibly stressful that requires you to put out fires every day, field complaints, etc, etc, etc. To say that the last five years have been hard is an understatement and yet I wouldn't change them for the world. I have learned so much about myself and so much about the graciousness and love of the Lord.It's been a tough season but a necessary one.
The seasons have changed now! The Lord has allowed me to be refreshed. As I started my new job as the Student Activities Director in August my biggest fear was that students would be dissappointed with the change. You see the old student activities director is a good friend of mine. Eric is fun, playful, loud, life of the party kind of guy. Since I've been at LC those are not things that would describe me at all. From the emotional state I was in to the demands of my job the fun loving kabes was lost. I knew stepping into this new job that given some time she would make her way back out as my stress level changed, as my spirit was nourished, as I got rest and the pace I was living life changed. And well my friends...Kabes is back! I'm being reminded every day that I really do love students! I really do enjoy being on a college campus! I really do enjoy just hanging out and being part of kids lives! I don't dread coming to work every day. Quite honestly the greatest compliment I have been paid the last month has been various people noticing a change in my demeanor. Unfortunately and regretably no one at LC has ever experienced Kabes until recently. Welcome back kabes!! Welcome back!
For those who've loved me through the last six years....thank you! Thank you for understanding that we all have rough patches that the Lord ordains for a reason. I can't promise it won't happen again but in the mean time I am loving the life and the season the Lord has laid out before me. I'm trying to soak it up like a sponge and invest wholeheartedly in students and in friendships that have suffered through the dry season.
"give thanks to the Lord for he is good! his love endures forever!"
