My Facebook newsfeed is 90% nonsense. There are profile picture updates from a kid who I haven’t seen since third grade, an unreal amount of buzzfeed articles, and countless embarrassing statuses resulting from people leaving their Facebooks logged in on random computers.
However, the other day I scrolled down my newsfeed and found the newest personality quiz. It’s this website that after asking about 100 questions draws your personality in a shape.
As a twenty year old, I run straight on to anything that’ll tell me who I am or what I want.
You go through the quiz one question at a time and have to choose one of the two answers. For almost every question, both choices applied, but it forces you to choose the one that best applies.
“I sometimes lack…
– anticipation -flexibility”
I’m pretty sure I bleed anticipation. No matter what it is, you better believe I will spend an unreal amount of time thinking of every single possible way it could go, and then spend even longer deciding on the probable outcome. I do it for the big things, and I do it for the little things; I predict how arguments will go, and I anticipate how conversations in the elevator will go.
While yes, that is ridiculous because who spends time playing out random conversations in the elevator in their head, but at least it made for a quick response to that question.
A week ago, I held an auction in an effort to raise financial support. I spent the week leading up to it prepping, and I spent the 48 hours before “anticipating” how it would go.
“Will people come? Girls will come. No one does stuff on Wednesdays. They have to come. Like 35 girls will come. Here, let me text 35 girls so that I know they’re going to come… Oh my goodness, no one can come. No one is going to come. Since when do people have plans on Wednesdays?! I probably won’t raise money, but I at least hope people will come. My roommates will come. There thats five people. FIVE PEOPLE. THAT’S ALL THAT ARE GOING TO COME”
Wow was I wrong.
Throughout the evening, over 100 girls came and a total of $2,127.50 was donated.
I did not anticipate that. I did not anticipate the amount of love and financial support that I’d be flooded with that night.
It’s funny how that happens. I will sit and panic and worry and then all of a sudden God shows up, and He shows up big. Every time it happens I’m shocked. I never anticipate how He will provide for me. I’m not sure why I don’t expect it. God is so faithful and loving, and no matter how many times I forget that He always reminds me. No matter how often I anticipate Him to just be good, He reminds me how great He is.
