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It Will Be Better Than Okay

I promise whatever nerve-racking situation you are going through will end up okay, and with God's blessing He will make it even better than okay.

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It Will Be Better Than Okay

As humans I believe that we will never be satisfied. We always think the grass will be greener on the other side of the fence. This summer I experienced this first hand; I was seriously thinking about transferring Universities. I went to a small Baptist school for Freshman year and it was good but of course, as a human, I looked at all these huge schools with football teams, parties every day, Greek life, and all the benefits of have tens of thousands of students on a campus. I wanted what they had. I wanted to be in a sorority with mixers and formals all the time. I wanted to tailgate and attend all the football games at my school. I wanted the social life that I saw happening around all the big state school. I wanted all this but in looking outside the walls of my school I forgot what I had here.

It was summer, so I was back with all my high school friends hearing about how awesome their schools are. I was seeing on twitter how everyone was so excited about going back to school, but I could not relate to all this. Yes, I had had a great freshman year but I felt as if I had barley scratched the surface of a college experience. This was when I started looking into transferring.

I decided that academically it was not a smart decision to transfer, so I stayed with the plan to return to my original university. A few weeks after this decision I got a text from my roommate saying, "Hey I have something to tell you..." I knew right away she was not coming back and going to the big school down the road. So, I was in search of a new roommate. I was very nervous and conflicted about what to do, but somehow surprisingly calm about deciding to move from the suite where all my friends were and live with people I didn't know. If it had not been for my friends at home and family all reassuring me that this sounded like the best option I would have been freaking out.

With all of this said, I am so happy that God closed and opened doors for me this summer. He closed the door to transfer because He knew I belong where I am. He opened the door into the suite across the hall from my freshman year friends and gave me so many amazing friendships in my new roommate and suite mates. I honestly am still in shock at how well everything worked out. I told everyone who asked my this summer about how i felt about my new living situation, "It will all work out and be okay." I did think it would be okay, but I had no idea it would be exactly what I didn't know I needed. I could not have planned a better start to sophomore year. This year is already a thousand times better than last year.

If you are going through something and you are worried but keep telling yourself, "It will be okay", let me just tell you that God has got this. God is in control and is setting you up for success. It will be better than okay if you follow the path that God opens for you. I know it is scary and hard to trust all the time but it is so worth it. I had forgotten how precious the few friendships I had made were to me. I had forgotten how beautiful and amazing my small campus is and all the benefits a small school has. I had forgotten how kind all the people are at my school. I am beyond thankful that God placed me where I am and who I am with. I promise whatever nerve-racking situation you are going through will end up okay, and with God's blessing He will make it even better than okay.

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