I feel like I've started kindergarten.

Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

So I have over 100 credit hours toward my college degree and I feel like I'm starting kindergarten. Apparently since I was last in college (Dec. 1999) the State of Tennessee has passed a new law requiring any student who is full time at a university to prove your MMR shot record. Well so I thought I had it covered by having the high school where I attended send my immunization record to the university I'm attending. The issue was getting me approved to take more than 11 course hours this semester b/c of the immunization record. Well guess what?!? I've only had one of the MMR shot series and require a second one b/c I was born after 1957 and graduated from a Tennessee high school before 1999. So I get to go and get a shot tomorrow in order to register for the other class I'm taking. When I was on the phone with student health services and found out I was going to have to get a shot I asked, "Is it gonna hurt?" I felt like a little 5 year old having to go get my shots done for school. I guess by this time tomorrow I'll know if it hurt or not.

How many times in life have we asked God, is this gonna hurt? Or do we wonder if it is gonna hurt, either physically, emotionally, or even mentally? Life hurts but if we know God is in control of what hurts and He has our best interest in His plan it all works for His good. Romans 8:28 "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." ESV Sometimes we have to go through pain in order to understand who we truly are in Christ. God never said it wouldn't hurt, He promises to be there for us through those times when the pain seems unbearable.

So tomorrow as I go to the Shot Nurse to get an immunization, I'm thinking about asking my mother to go with me for added effect. What do you think? She might enjoy watching me wince in physical pain a little bit and then when we're done we can go out for some ice cream. Maybe they'll be handing out balloons at the doctor's office.