the craziness calms a bit

Yesterday:

We were informed we had to evacuate campus within 24 hours.

3pm Friday.

All ties had to be cut

All goodbyes said

All things packed away

Completely unexpected

but you can't run a campus safely without water

or electricity.

So we sucked it up

Cried a lot

(there were also explatives I'm afraid)

and rode that emotional rollercoaster until it was over.

Today:

Off campus

Water

Electricity

Good company

Calm

and emotional stability...somehow.

I'll be home much sooner than I expected.

I cannot wait to be in a familiar place

after all this dissetlement.

A sunny beautiful day.

The next, quiet and eerily still.

Then all turmoil is let loose.

Then, another sunny beautiful day

that more than 200 people will never experience

and the thousands who mourn them wish were cold and terribly dreary to match their mind.

I am easily frightened

but I do not believe I am alone

in thinking that that is terrifying.

Thank God that He is in control

Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side.

Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain.

Leave to thy God to order and provide;

In every change, He faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend

Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake

To guide the future, as He has the past.

Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;

All now mysterious shall be bright at last.

Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know

His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart,

And all is darkened in the vale of tears,

Then shalt thou better know His love, His heart,

Who comes to soothe thy sorrow and thy fears.

Be still, my soul: thy Jesus can repay

From His own fullness all He takes away.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on

When we shall be forever with the Lord.

When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,

Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.

Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past

All safe and blessèd we shall meet at last.

Be Still, My Soul -- Ka­tha­ri­na A. von Schle­gel