Sufficient

Last week I was a bit overwhelmed with all the work that I needed to do. On Saturday, I chose to go hiking, but it turned out to take much longer than I anticipated. We left around 9:00 in the morning and came home around 5:30. While hiking down the trail from the top of the mountain, I had some time to myself to think and enjoy the view. While I was thinking, I realized that God is sufficient; he is enough. This is an analogy that may not make sense, but in BSCI207, we learned about sufficiency in relations to genes. If a gene is sufficient, it can be removed and inserted in a different part of the embryo and the gene will still be expressed. For example, the gene bicoid is responsible for the formation of the anterior part of the body (the head). But if it is inserted to the posterior end of the body, the organism will have an additional head (this was done on fruit flies). The presence of the gene is enough to produce a head in development. In the same way, I realized that God is sufficient. I don't need anything or anyone else to lean on. If God calls me to do something, He will make a way and he will help me. Even though I have much to do, I choose to trust Him, believing that He is sufficient.

NYC

Last weekend my friends I went to visit Preethi in NYC. We planned to visit last winter, but somehow our plans fell apart and we couldn't go. We saved our tickets for later (I'm so thankful we could save the tickets), and we were finally able to go! We left Friday around four o'clock and arrived back in College Park at eight Sunday morning. A lot of time was spent in traveling, but it was a nice break after my first round of midterms. Since I don't get to see Chris & Vinona very often (even though we go to the same school) it was so nice to spend the weekend with them, catching up on what's been going on in our lives. I'm also thankful that although it was drizzling Saturday morning, it cleared up to be a beautiful day. We went to the Chelsea Market, Soho, Brooklyn Bridge, Time Square, and Grand Central Station. I really liked the Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Central Station. They were so pretty! Visiting NYC made me wonder if I wanted to or could live in the city. It's interesting to think about where I will end up in five, ten, twenty years. Only God knows right now. I could be living right here in College Park, in another state, or even country. It's exciting to experience all the things God has in store for my life now and in the years to come! 

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip:

This was from Chelsea Market. For some reason, I just really like this picture.

Love this picture of Vinona.

It was raining in the morning, but it cleared up to be a beautiful day.

The girls!

Sunflower Preethi randomly bought for $2 that ended up being part of our day.

Brooklyn Bridge!

The city that never sleeps.