Filled

I have had an incredible past few days. I can't quite describe them... except for the fact that I think I have not felt this filled in a long time.

Despite the fact that I've had long hours of training, meetings, hall decorating, and unpacking filling my time, I've also been filled through those experiences. It is such a blessing to work with faculty and staff that really care about us as students... who pour into us. Who pray for us. Who take the time to see how we're doing in the midst of the craziness of Welcome Weekend. I have been filled with laughter, joy, and excitement as I have spent time getting to know my leadership team and bosses.

I am so overjoyed. I feel like I'm just spilling over. I feel like the Grinch after he stole Christmas and gave it back again... when his heart grew three sizes... I feel my heart in me swelling and stretching. It hits me in the applause and cheers of the freshman as they take part in Freshman Follies. It hits me in the flurry of meeting new people: the introductions and small talk.... the kind of stuff I'm not usually comfortable with; the kind of stuff I usually shy away from. It hits me in the broad smiles of Koreans and the chubby smiles of children. I feel myself being pulled and stretched and filled...  It hits me in the quiet of my room... the crinkle of the pages in my Bible, in the truth of Isaiah. It hits me as we stand singing our hearts out.... songs I've learned to sing with my whole heart, lifting my voice up with hundreds of others. It hits me and breaks me and fills me and stops me in my tracks. And keeps me wanting more. More people. More God. More.