College can be a lot of fun. For me, the past few weeks have had a light school load and I've been able to form some really great friendships with some of my spare time. Now the fun seems to be disappearing behind the eclipsing shadow of major papers and exams that will kill my grades if I blow them. As part of my "fun", I've recently joined a sorority on campus: Zeta Chi. My ZX sisters have been such an encouragement to me. God has truly blessed me through these precious pearls!
Which leads me to explain why my blog is named as it is. Zeta Chi's colors are royal purple and white. Our "jewel" is the pearl. We put up peacock feathers. The verse that ZX is centered around is Matthew 13:45-46. "The kingdom of heaven is like a jewel merchant, who finds a pearl of great worth, and goes and sells all he has to buy it." The purple we wear to remind us that we aren't "normal" girls - we are princesses: daughters of the King of Kings! The pearls we compare to ourselves. God is the merchant in the passage from Matthew; we are the pearl. He sold all He had - gave His only Son - to buy us and make us His. The peacock feathers, for me at least, remind us of how amazing and creative our God is.
So that's basically my life right now. Kind of crazy, very full, and totally amazing!
