Spilling the beans, finally

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..." God is now bringing a season of my life to a close. Psalm 31:15 says "My times are in your hand." I am so glad that the seasons of my life are in God's hand and not my own!

I have been homeschooled all my life. I'm really glad of that. Homeschooling has definitely been the best thing for me thus far--being at home with my family has been wonderful developmentally and spiritually. But the season in my life for homeschooling has been brought to a close.

I will be going to Christian Heritage School for my junior and senior years. Seeing God's hand in this has been amazing. He truly has worked everything out so that I can go to school.

We have a back-to-school retreat next week, and school starts next Friday. I have a few summer reading assignments to finish and we need to go shopping. Getting ready for school is all still rather novel.

It's with slightly mixed feelings that I'm preparing for school. Part of me doesn't know what to expect, because the whole school experience is completely new to me. But I'm not nervous, just excited. I think I'll really like school a lot. This is where God's placed me. And this is where I'm glad to be.