Disintgrating while Integrating

I got my first bad report from the doctor last week. I had been suffering some swelling in my legs and angles this summer. I finally went to the doctor about it when the otc aqua ban didn't do the trick. He put me on a very effective water pill, and sent me off for some blood work. He doesn't think it is my heart or my kidneys, but that my veins are disintegrating and leaking and not doing their job. So. It's good news really, even though no one wants to hear that they are disintegrating. The irony here is that I have never been more integrated in my character in my life. This is a good discovery and it signals the beginning of old age. Because of the grace of God and the opportunity that I have attending school, I am acquiring wisdom. People close to me say that I have changed. (am in process of changing) Being conformed to the image of Christ. That pain that I feel is me dying to self. That's a good thing.

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day." 2Cor 4:16

What I did on my summer vacation

All I did was school and study. It was a fruitful summer and I get emotional, overwhelmed, just thinking about what God has done with this particular character. I am about to finish my last paper of the summer. My last course. I should wrap up all of the assignments by this weekend so I can have a few days of rest before the fall classes start. My parking pass is purchased, I'm registered and paid up, books are in my possession and I have even started reading them. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. I did read the syllabus and the amount of work is daunting, but I am starting to get used to that idea and just apply the Nehemiah principle. One thing at a time and organize the tasks. If I just stay as disciplined as I have been this summer, I will be able to do this.

The time this summer flew. It will be remembered as the summer without a break. But also the summer of amazing growth. I will never look upon the Word of God the same. In addition to a Biblical and Theological overview, I will most especially remember for life the books of Luke and 1Thessalonians, two books I have personally researched and camped out in for much of this summer. Although I did not see many people, my companions were the Lord Jesus, Luke the physician, and Paul the Apostle. It was a good summer. I'm exhausted, but happy.