Today I got a letter in the mail advertising graduation announcements and it hit me once again that I will be graduating from seminary. I am going to have Master's Degree, which really freaks me out. There are times when I still feel like a scared eighteen year old getting ready to start college. So now my future stretches out in front of me like a great unknown, which in many ways is okay with me. I sure wouldn't want to know when the bad things were going to happen, because then I would live in dread, and I wouldn't want to know when the good things were going to happen because then, they wouldn't be quite so surprising. So I think that as I sit here and feel somewhat anxious about my future, I will try to remember that ultimately God is in control, and relax and realize that He has a plan for my future, so I don't need to worry. If I am destined to make below poverty level for the rest of my life, then I must remember to do so with joy in my heart. Of course, I realize these words are easier written than followed!