good, pleasing, and perfect

Talking about the weather is often labelled as superficial, shallow, small talk, but the weather affects me so much that I must talk about it. The weather today has been waffling between beautiful, blue sky and sunshine to heavy, grey clouds that threaten rain. This autumn, I've noticed that the leaves are particularly beautiful and the colours are absolutely entertaining! I pointed it out to a friend, who pointed back out to me that Kingston has received much less rain in the autumn of this year. The bright, sunny days have allowed us to enjoy the changing colours so much more. It is a glorious autumn indeed. What a blessing to enjoy it before I graduate.

Thanksgiving Weekend was wonderful. Surprisingly, I didn't have the chance to sit down and reflect upon God's bountiful blessings, but I had a lot of time to talk about God's will with my family and friends. Romans 12:2 came up more than once in different circumstances with different people, so I had more opportunity to chew on it. The verse says

2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

I believe I have missed out on God's perfect will in the past through my impulsivity and meager mind. As much as I like to live with "no regrets," there is still one decision that I look back upon and wish I had chosen differently. Things would have been different, and I do believe that God will work in us regardless of our decisions, yet I'm still left with the bad aftertaste of choosing foolishly.

With graduation looming and applications to be sent in, I really don't want to miss out on God's good, pleasing, and perfect will. I don't want to miss the boat. Despite doing a psychology reading today on "uncertainty reduction theory," there are just some things that will remain uncertain until we arrive. From my perspective, the best way to negotiate this uncertainty is to accept that knowing the ending would totally ruin the adventure of life. Oh, and that God has the best plan for our lives if we choose to follow Him.

Now it remains for me to renew my mind so that I may "test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing, and perfect will."