Character-building and a little heavenly music

It's Wednesday night chill time in Renee's room drinking down my week's worries with some mate. Righteous!
Ahhh! My life is so...many different things. Refreshing. Blessed. Random. Character-building (one of Renee's favorite adjectives used when most people would say "excessively uncomfortable", painful, or downright humiliating). Then there are the tests that come after every round (sometimes it feels like artillery) of character-building exercises. Maybe you know what I mean.
We'll just say it's been midterm week in more ways than one. I've discovered that there comes a time when little things like getting smacked in the chin with a hockey stick, having my thumb nail bent back on itself by a soccer ball, and having a cheeky classmate ask if my airbag abrasion (from the weekend's car accident)is a hicky eventually begin to phase me. In the mean time I'm trying to remember if I've recently asked God for more humility. Oh, the irony!
The great thing is I don't have to look very far to find blessings worthy of thanksgiving. There's nothing ironic about that.
Yesterday, Amanda asked me to help out with joint worship. The theme was HEAVEN. And it was a blessing to me to share in the program. The message of one song especially moved me.

When you see the LORD a-coming
When you see the LORD a-coming
When you see the LORD a-coming
In a few more days

Hear the band of heavenly music

In a few more days...I love that. Between genocide in Sudan and profesors and friends battling cancer, I can't wait for the end of this world and the rest of eternity with the Lord that gives me purpose and makes all things new. I only wish I didn't so often forget that eternal life begins here in this place. "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (John 17:3) I sense more character-building coming on in the near future. Heat melts butter, but it tempers steel. It's a great thing that God can make butter and steel from scratch.
Supposedly mate is heavily caffeinated - yet I fade as Renee estudia por su examen de literatura. Buenas Noches!