Long post warning ✨ TLDR: I did it! By the grace of God and the love of so many I am grateful to be a graduate of Harvard College with a double degree in Music & Sociology. Even in these wins, I hold fast to the truth that my greatest treasures are those being stored up in Heaven. ✨ For those still reading: I remember listening to this song 4 years ago while driving around western PA just a few months before moving for college. I realized something then; I was terrified of the unknown. As I started at Harvard after my gap year, I felt incredibly out of place. I felt unworthy and frankly, too dumb to be there. I soon longed for the comforts of my small town that I had always dreamed of escaping. I couldn’t understand for the life of me why this school would accept me and why God brought me here. All I wanted to do was sing and tell people about Jesus…why on earth was I at Harvard? ✨ But a life of faith has never been easy nor has it always made sense all the time. We’re called to do hard things. Sometimes we say yes even when we don’t understand. But we trust that God is in control and is working all things together for good. ✨ Through it all, I can see God’s hand over these last 4 years, even when I’ve pushed Him away. I made so many mistakes. In the pursuit of finding myself, I became versions of myself that were far from who He created me to be. But, in His mercy, my mistakes have been paid for by one who was blameless. on a cross that should’ve been mine. I will tell of that news with every milestone, because it never loses its weight. ✨ Life won’t stop being unknown as I step into this next season; I know that. But I will trust where He leads. I know that He will guide me, just as He’s always done for His people and as He’s done for me. ✨ my God, I thank you. I praise your name and give you all the glory. You are worthy. I pray that you continue to raise up your kingdom with each generation ❤️