Life Out There
by Rebecca Shwayri (Apr. '01)
If it were not for Pascha, April would be my least favorite month of the year. Usually, I have several huge term papers due. Professors realize that they have only a few weeks until finals and decide to assign the whole international macroeconomics textbook for fun reading. Also, some students (like myself) are graduating in six weeks and we no longer want to read our entire international macroeconomics textbook.
Perhaps the biggest worry looming in the minds of many students is graduation. Some face it with an impending doom (do I have to be at work before noon). Others look at it with glee and happiness (no more finals). All students, however, are extremely worried. After all, what are we going to do when we grow up? Our Lord, however, tell us that we need not worry. Christ says: “Therefore do not worry...For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things” (Matthew 6:31-32). God asks us to have faith in Him because he will provide us with what we need. After all, if God provides the birds and flowers with enough food, He will provide us with our basic physical and spiritual needs. Notice that I used the word NEED. For us soon-to-be college graduates, we may not get that new Jaguar we think we need. We may also not get that new penthouse apartment we think we need. Furthermore, God is not just going to drop our rent check into our laps. Having faith in God is not an excuse to be lazy.
For those of you graduating in 2001, GOD BLESS and good luck to you. For those of you about to go to college, work hard and enjoy. And what will I be doing? Well, I’ll be in law school in the fall so I guess education really never ends.
CHRIST IS RISEN!
Rebecca Schwayri is the Teen Presidential Advisor to Society of Orthodox Youth Organizations and is a senior majoring in international relations at George Washington University.
