So, I have my final schedule. I am taking the two english classes- the requirements for declaring your major in English. And now I am officially taking Italian- yeeehaa! I am very excited. I thought I would just keep you all posted on that. I have a nice schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I have all 3 classes and I'm there from 9:30-12:20. not bad at all. And Tuesday I only have Italian, 11:30-12:20. Thursday I have Italian and a quiz Section for one of my english classes so I am there from 11:30-1:20. Yep, I know. Thats pretty much the coolest schedule ever if you ask me, plus I am spending my days studying literature, writing, and the Italian language..."If this is torture, chain me to tha wall" (I know atleast Kris just got that quote!) However, I am finding its really not a walk in the daisies by any means- and by that I don't just mean it is challenging intellectualy (which it is), I am just suprised by how outright vicious one of my professors is to Christianity. I knew to expect it, I am in one of the most liberal colleges of an incredibly liberal university, but I expected it to be a little more masked. I actually teared up in class yesterday. First I was just furious with my professor (he was lecturing and we could respond in any way really to anything he said...he just sat there and blasphemed God infront of a captive audience, and completely disrespected Christians and accused believers as being mindless dummies who just 'do what they're told.') But then I started to feel really sorry for him and I started crying when I realized he is going to be held responsible for what he is saying, and who he may be leading away right now. He called God a "moral imbasol." So yeah, I was suprised by how deeply it struck me and drained me to just sit and listen to that lecture. I was soooooo incredibly torn apart inside, not because I was doubting anything I believe. I could tell several points where he was twisting the book of Job, what he was using as his base according to literature, and even where he was saying point blank lies about the book. Ugh. It was frusterating as hell- you all know how I can get fired up and be so freakign stubborn, and also how sad it can make me to know how deep someone's pain is going to be. After the class it keeps plaguing me how the Lord's heart must be breaking for this man. Man. Well, we started the very begining of my college career considering 'justice' in reference to the Greek gods with Odysseus in the Odyssey, and God with Job in the book of Job. I don't know but I walked into my discussion group that morning with quite a bit of confidence knowing that I stood as an 'expert' on those two books when compared to my class and that I could discuss it with anyone of them in that room. I was incredibly grateful for CCA, and for the Lord's faithfulness that He would prepare me the way He did and place me right into that specific situation. I was praying through my whole discussion time these past couple days. It comes in pretty handy to actually know the author of the book, it helps give you an inside view of the deeper meaning and purpose of whats written. I actually had a huge realization in that class about the book of Job, a book that has always puzzled me. You can ask me if you want to hear it, I am pretty excted about it, it may not be 100% right, but it was a cool new perspective to me. I LOVE YOU ALL and I should go do a little homework and get ready, I am heading over to the Ruffs in about a half an hour. Oh, it looks like I will be starting to work at UIE again, under Chris in the marketing department. :) I am TIRED. (Oh, I am listening to some lovely music by the way right now-thought I'd share that.)
XOXO