BASC stands for Brookes Annual Student Conference...it's the St Ebbes annual student week away, Wednesday-Sunday at the same place we use for the CU weekend away.
Unfortunately because of being back on placement I only went over on the Friday.
(New placement is very good so far by the way, more later...)
Car full of girl friends, glee soundtrack, some cupcakes, and a medium-sized drive later we arrived at BASC!
It was a weekend full of good food, a barn dance, jam sesh, great talks, quiet times, worship and multiple moments of pure joy with my friends.
This weekend taught me alot of things but here are the main things I learnt:
- God wants me to work for His glory. Sometimes we need to work harder, sometimes we need to work less...and as I sat in the dining room stressing about my work I wondered if perhaps I was becoming too consumed by it. I didn't take part in the wide game on saturday afternoon because I had work to do. I wandered out during my break to check on my team (we lost!) but quickly got back to work. And whilst it was productive and necessary, it also meant I opened myself up to the stress that I can get myself into sometimes. Cups of tea, a few tears and lots of encouraging words from friends meant that I was able to get out of it, but it challenged me to maybe think about not letting it consume me.
- God desires me to be a godly woman. We had a girls only seminar which was great :) and I was challenged about how we relate with other girls. Often we give compliments on their clothes or hair but it's a reflex rather than a genuine thought, sometimes a genuine observation about their character would be better...more 'I really appreciate that I can talk to you about this' rather than 'I love that top, where did you get it?'
And that it's sometimes important to challenge and rebuke our sisters, not in a mean-spirited or judgemental way but if they are more focussed on make-up than quiet times, or conducting themselves inappropriately around boys, or gossiping about others...then perhaps a gentle challenge is appropriate. I know I'd want my friends to be honest if they thought I wasn't acting in a godly way. Equally if I think something about a friend I should challenge them directly rather than talking to others about it because I don't want to hurt them by being honest.
- God has blessed me with great friends. Sometimes I have these moments when I catch myself in the middle of something and wish I could capture it on film. The sort of clip that would be put into a montage in a chick-flick. The moment that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Moments where we're all sat around singing along to 'Your Song' whilst the boys on guitars try and get the chords right. Moments when you're sat at dinner and everyone is trying to balance a spoon on their nose. Moments when you're at a barn dance suddenly it's more about who can dance the silliest rather than who looks the coolest. Moments when my best friend who hasn't been in Oxford for the last term rests her head on my shoulder and I realise how much I've missed her.
It's results day tomorrow but I'm actually pretty calm about it- I've been so distracted by new placement which is going well, and BASC that I haven't had a chance to think about it!
Will blog once I get them and about new placement tomorrow
But for now it's definitely time for some sleep!
Much love xxx
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