Today’s blog is written by a guest star, Morgan Merino. With her, I have experienced the deepest friendship of my life, one that cannot be tarnished by distance or time. We have been to Nicaragua together twice, and I see Morgan living like Jesus every day. We have both made leaps and bounds in our faith since we first met during sophomore year, and together we have come to the conclusion that God is the funniest guy we know.
he’s not leaving you on read
by morgan merino
pray big prayers, and go where your best prayers take you. lucy and i like to think of praying as “texting jesus.” i blow that mans phone up all day every day, and, no, he has not physically texted me back but i have seen him answer prayer after prayer in ways i never ever imagined possible. going to a top 1% high school, the importance of college was stressed to me every single day. I spent a good portion of the last 4 years of my life being on the cheer team and I loved every second of it. i never thought the day would come where i would have to stop. i had this big plan of where i wanted to go to college and what i wanted to do. but big SHOCKER (haha get it, the mascot at WSU), i ended up in the last place i thought i would ever want to go without the opportunity to do one of the things i love most in the world. i told God i was scared and prayed every day that he would give me peace and comfort in my decision to go to wichita state. i watched a lot of my friends pack up to head off to huge universities and get excited about all the new people they were gonna meet. i put up a front and pretended to be as excited as they were, but truth be told i was dreading saying goodbye to the senior lot, the teachers i loved so much, and seeing my best friends every day. i was filled with fear and doubt about the decision i had made, and i’m sure many of you are about to experience the same. the night before i had to move into my dorm my mom said to me “it’s not fair for me to keep you all to myself. you’re not mine to keep, God has given you so many gifts and i have to let you go share them with the world.” i have a bad habit of putting words in God’s mouth if he doesn’t reply right away so i told her that “God says it’s fine if you take me home. I’ll go next year.” but 1 week into college i am so happy to tell you all that He answered my every prayer for this new season of life. i am confident that this is exactly where the Lord wants me and am just feeling so lucky for the absolute blessing my life is. i went to a new church last sunday and of course the sermon was exactly what i needed to hear. the pastor is teaching on a series about waiting, which is what i felt like i have been doing all summer. “God’s delays are not God’s denials” so when you feel like Jesus is taking a little too long to respond remember that He’s not leaving you on read.
