God has a ridiculous sense of humor.

I swore I would never go to school.

There are pros and cons to going now and also for waiting, but after reading and meditating on scripture (that God ordained a friend to send to me) and praying my heart out, I felt God wanted me to go now. I prayed for confirmation, and today at church I got it. Before my evangelism class at church started, I was telling my best friend all about the school visit, and pros and cons of going or waiting, and verses God had laid on my heart and that I believed God wanted me to go and now was waiting for complete confirmation. So we walk into class and the theme of the night is salt in light. The first slide of the power point was Matthew 5: 13-16, and I knew as soon as it came up that this was the confirmation I was waiting for. I stated that verse to Janel not two minutes before. I also talked to her about Matthew 28:19 and how every time I thought of waiting until September, that verse popped into my head. That scripture was also in the lesson. Every time something that was confirmation for me came up, I slapped Janel who was sitting next to me. I hope you're ok Janel hahaha. It was ridiculous.

Waiting until September would be easier, but I didn't go to the rebelution conference and read Do Hard Things and not grasp onto any of the truth of it. If I didn't know to the core of myself that it is God's will that I go to public high school on the 26st of January, I would wait on Him. I am going to be the 'new girl' in every class, have to catch up to where they are in a few classes, get lost, need help opening my locker, and stand out. I cannot do this on my own and would not have decided to do it on my own. I'm only a girl doing God's will, relying on His strength, and hoping to bring Him glory.

Prayer would be greatly appreciated. I have a lot to do and not a lot of time. I am basically going to be taken from my comfortable home and comfortably easy school and plopped right into the middle of public high school. Culture shock? definitely. Please pray for me!

♥ ♥ Jasmine

P.S. I'm wearing my do hard things t shirt on the first day of school...