Driving in to work this morning I experienced an interesting phenomenon. Typically my mind tends to wander much throughout the morning as I am getting ready for work. One thought that has been weighing heavily on my mind the last few days is what am I going to do about the Spring semester at school?
I am already enrolled in two courses and have the opportunity to enroll for a third at USF Polytechnic however I would need to apply as a non-degree seeking student and then hopefully by the time non-degree seeking student enrollment opened up (several weeks later than regular enrollment of course) the one course I would like to add may be full. So I’ve been delaying the decision on what to do, until this morning.
8am, sitting in traffic on 2-75 and listening to the JOY FM. I had just heard a great Newsboys song called Shine and my mind was wandering back to Monday night’s Disciple discussions and suddenly an advertisement on JOY FM came on.
Now bear in mind, JOY FM is a Christian Contemporary station. In the several years I’ve listened to it the typical commercial are along the lines of sponsors from Christian based businesses, organizations, schools, etc.
So what do I hear at 8am today?
A “commercial” for USF Polytechnic.
“Apply today for Spring Classes!” was the general theme of the commercial, along with how it’s a unique environment, great campus, etc, etc..
It was as if the entire commercial was placed there solely for my benefit.
It’s a rather interesting feeling at times when you not only attempt to discern what God is telling you, but it’s played out, to a rather large listening audience solely for your benefit.
Needless to say, I was grinning the rest of the way to work and saying “Thanks” to Him for (re)affirming me.
An interesting question I suppose.
One answer I give to myself is simply, “Why not?”
Another, a bit more realistic perhaps, is “To allow myself to record the multitude of various random musings and thoughts rolling through my head.”
My inner thoughts scare me sometimes, yet here I am wanting to record them on the Internet? What in the world am I thinking?
I suppose I’m doing this with the expectation that the majority of my musings won’t be read by anyone else, which is all honestly, perfectly acceptable to me. Oddly enough, I feel rather comfortable talking to myself.
We’ll see how this exercise works.