post zombie prom. exhausted but realizing that i cannot ever foresee losing my desire to work with college students. this week has been hard (as is the norm, i’m learning). just dealing with things that are so new, and having to walk students through struggles with no idea of what to do for them. even though those things are hard, i think those have become the moments i treasure most about what i do. i always feel insufficient, which i’m learning is the best place to be. i read this prayer in my devotional the other day and have adopted it as my prayer for the year. it’ll probably turn into the prayer for the year after, and the year after, and so on…

“Lord, I am insufficient in everything I will encounter today. I have insufficient wisdom to make the decisions I’ll be required to make. I have insufficient strength to resist the temptations I’ll face. I have insufficient skills to manage the conflict that may arise. I have insufficient resources to minister to the people I’ll encounter. I am entirely dependent on You.”