The Verdict Is In

"Daniel, we regret to inform you..." are the words I finally heard from the University of Texas today. Well, that rules out grad school in Texas. I got into the University of Michigan (which is actually an excellent engineering school), but on top of having no real desire to go there, they didn't offer me any financial support....and it costs $30,000 a year. After I got the news from Texas today, I checked on UC's website and the last day to apply for grad school here was yesterday! Haha. Me thinks God doesn't want me in grad school, at least this year.

So what does this mean? Well, you tell me and we'll both know! I'm actually not really disappointed. I feel like my desire to attend grad school has been stripped away from me...so the idea of not going for awhile, I think, is quite OK for me. It's just that now, I really have to start listening to God. The plan my whole life has always been to get an undergrad degree and go straight into a masters in engineering. But it looks like that's not the way I'm gonna be rollin'!

I'm kind of excited, honestly. There's something exciting about God throwing a wrench in my plans. There's something exciting about the unknown. I don't think I could say that if I didn't really trust God, but I do.

God speaks to everyone in different ways. Sometimes, God speaks to me through lyrics. It seems like I always zone into a song at just the right time to hear some ridiculously relevant lyrics. Last night I was at the gym working out and had my I-pod on. I had just started listening in-time to hear the lyrics of this song called 'Gold', by an Irish band called Interference: "If a door be closed, then a row of homes start building."

I like that line...a lot. It seems like I know someone who is building a Kingdom.

One door has been closed.

Now, I am in search of some good land for building....