"why would i ever worship wood and stone? things that cannot hear or speak at all?"

i am in the middle of a "big life decision." i've kind of known for a while that i would have to make this decision, and i knew it would be right about now. but there are new variables i didn't expect.

i tend to overcomplicate decisions and forget to trust God...and some good friends have been reminding me a lot this year how important it really is to trust Him. so, in order to set myself a reminder, i've been drawing a symbol on my wrist: the Aramaic word 'rechats.' it means 'trust'...and it's specifically the word used in Daniel 3:28-29:

'Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust [RECHATS] in Him, violating the king's command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way."'

i know that God is sovereign.
i know that no matter where i go next semester and in subsequent years, He is still by my side.
i know that the abundant life is not classified by a longitude and latitude.
i know that there is no other god who is able to deliver us the way my God can.
and i think i know what i want to do for next semester. i think it just scares me a little bit, because it's not going to be easy. and even though i know life is not supposed to just be easy, that doesn't make it any less scary.

so i'm going to look to what i know. there are a lot of things i don't know...but i can look to what i know.