My greatest enemy is this thought:
"I don't want to be here. I want to be with people like myself, with teachers who know the Lord, and on a campus that doesn't require downtown driving. I don't want to know these people, nor do I want to be associated with them in any way. I want to go to classes that interest me, and with students who always want to learn."
And missing several friends doesn't help, either.

I don't always win the battle against these thoughts, and its taken tears and tissues to win the battle today. As I talked with my parents, my mom mentioned this time as building character, and through that I think God revealed something. He is preparing me for my future in the best way possible.

• By taking away my comfortable physical environment, He is teaching me that His presence is everywhere.
• By taking away normal educational conventions, He's teaching me that He is the Author of all knowledge, and He will teach me whatever I need to know.
• By taking away my comfort zone, He's teaching me that He is my safety (both in the car and out).
• By taking away people, He's teaching me that He is the ultimate source of love, provision, strength, wisdom, and companionship.

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,  and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and
hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into
our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us." { romans 5:1-6 }

At this point, my only response can be gratitude.

First of all, He hasn't completely removed any of these things. I am still under my family's roof, am at a college with high educational standards, and am surrounded by family and friends who love and care for me.
Second, He is teaching me many new lessons, and is a never-ending source of grace to get me through the hard times.

Inadequacy simply means that my only hope is to look to God. Thus, I'm right where I need to be: at the feet of my Savior, with my arms open wide to recieve more grace.

"As for His failing you, never dream of it--hate the thought! The God who has been sufficient until now should be trusted to the end." - CH Spurgeon

"What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord," Psalm 116:12-13

Getting thrown out of my comfort zone isn't comfortable. But as I haven't been so far out here in awhile, this should be an adventure.