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It’s Winding Down…

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It is hard to believe I’m nearing the end of my Bible school.  When I began it felt like we’d never make it to the New Testament and now we only have eight books left!  Considering we started with 66 this is something to be amazed by.  While we are close to the end we are in no way slowing down.  If anything I feel busier now than ever before!  Preparing for what’s next, doing the homework, and lots of other stuff I’m not really at liberty to write about online, it’s totally crazy!  However I know God is faithful and I will finish strong!

I have really loved studying the epistles.  The letters Paul (and others) wrote to the early church are rich in theology and practical life application of which is often easy to apply today.  Sure, there is enough theology to make my head hurt, but it is worth wading through.  Romans about did me in this quarter – my brain literally felt different (better) when I finally made it through the theology of chapters 1-11 and into the application of chapter 12.  It was such a relief!

It’s hard to believe I’ll soon be leaving the friends and roommates I’ve lived with for the past eight months.  While I am thrilled to live in my own space, without essentially 15 roommates it’s bittersweet.  We have grown close like family and I will miss our chats, the Asians cooking rice at all hours and having easy in person access to people who are always ready to listen and pray with me.

In these last weeks I look forwarding to making my way through the rest of the Bible.  It is incredible to think I’ll have studied all of scripture inductively.  We write an application at the end of each book – one thing we’ve learned from our study of the text that we want to apply to our lives.  We are supposed to implement something right away, but I’ll be honest when I say I do not always follow through.  I have done a lot of them, but it’s too easy to forget, especially this quarter when we study three small books in a single week.  After the school I look forward to reading through my applications and reading again what stood out to me from the books and the long term and practical areas I want the timeless truths to change my life.

This weekend we get to practice leading a Bible study of 2 Timothy in a small group.  I am looking forward to it because leading Bible studies is something I can see myself doing in the future.  I’ve gotten to the point that I’m starting to think about Bible study after school.  What will I do, both in my personal life and how I will I give back what I’ve taken in so intently these nine months?  I don’t have full answers yet, but I am excited about the possibilities.  I hope to teach some of my friends at home the inductive Bible study method and after studying book by book I look forward to trying some topical studies.  It’d be neat to go more in depth into some of the difficult passages, especially those about wives submitting to the authority of their husbands.  I still have many unanswered questions and it’ll be fun to read some commentaries to see what other people think since that is something we are not allowed to do here.  I have some Bible study guides I may take myself through – I imagine it’d seem like a vacation after all the work I’ve done here!

Overall life in school is good.  While I look forward to the future it also terrifies me and as much as I’m ready to leave, I also would love to stay for a while because I am comfortable here.  So for the next month I will live in the moment as much as I can.  I will enjoy these precious moments with my sisters and try not to think too far ahead.  And I will not give up on my schoolwork.  I came with the intention to study the entire Bible and walk away with a clearer understanding of who God is.  I am so close to my goal and it is sweet.


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