College is a weird time in life. You find yourself eating at random times all throughout the day and night, if you’re like me sleep isn’t your highest priority and life never seems to slow down. You come home and crash on the couch only to wake up and remember that you have work to finish and turn in before your morning classes. Just because you can’t seem to catch a break doesn’t mean there aren’t the little joys to appreciate in college.

One morning I drove to campus for my morning class and as I was driving into a spot in the garage my foot slipped off of the brake and onto the gas causing me to jolt forward and slam into the barrier wall in the garage. I managed to take a small chunk out of the garage too. I was shocked and embarrassed that I had accidentally crashed into a parking garage.

My first reaction was to look around in a panicked fashion to see if anyone had witnessed my misfortune. To my surprise, there wasn’t anyone that seemed to witness my brief brain fart. After checking my truck and finding no damage from the wall I collected my things and dusted off my pride as I walked to class quickly.

As I look back on that moment I realize that the thing that I was most concerned with was whether or not someone saw me as I made a silly little mistake that could’ve happened to anybody. I was concerned about what others would think of me if I was caught making a mistake. This is something that I think that I fall into far too often.

It’s something that our society has created in all of us. We are all called to be as perfect and stainless as possible by the examples and standards that other human beings set. We have to realize that it is going to be impossible for us to live our lives without a mistake. You are going to make mistakes and that is okay.

The only life that we need to model our own after is Jesus Christ. God made him perfect so that we have a second chance. A chance to have the relationship that we don’t deserve with a creator that continues to love even when we turn our backs to him over and over again. Do not concern yourself with what other people will think of you when you make a mistake.

Pick yourself back up and make the most of the time that you have left in that situation. If God affords you the opportunity to redeem yourself and make it right, then do it with an eagerness and passion that can only come from the lord. God will continue to love you through any circumstance even when people don’t. Rest in the arms of God and you will never be let down as he continues to lift you in your times of need and guide you in your times of doubt.