Ok...so over the course of the last 3.5 years, I have dedicated my life to semi-serious study of Youth Ministry, Theology, and Liberal Arts. I say "semi" because I've severely lacked the motivation and focus that I should have had during my time at my college. While I could point fingers and give a list of excuses and reasons for this that would compete with Schindler's (moderate exaggeration) ...I must look past all that, swallow my pride and say "I'm guilty." So what now?
As I begin my final semester of college, I reflect and see that I have grown and matured so much. I have gone on this long journey to find myself, and I have discovered a man that God has given life and divine breath...a man that God has gifted uniquely; designed to struggle and strive with reality and with himself...as well as with God...but there is grace. In my falling short, God gives me strength and direction. Right now God is shifting me out of my comfort, and convicting me of my sin...my pride. ]
I have the opportunity to do a lot in this world, to look past my own minuscule plans and realize that God has a few plans of His own that are going to override mine. To resist this might result in my being swallowed by an enormous fish for a period of time, or even lead me to an early grave. In my referencing Jonah...I'm not in any way designating me the role of a prophet. No, that is hardly my role in this world. But God has given me gifts and desires to go into this world and be a light, to be His disciple and be an example to the World of who Christ is.
My desire is to not waste the years that God has laid out for me...to see God's world and to see His creation, but to also teach those uneducated in the ways of Christ, to ease the pain of those who suffer, to show love to the hurting, and to be a leader to those who cannot lead themselves. To help bring reunification to the holy catholic (small "c"-Universal) Church that has been ravaged by theological wars and petty differences.
I can't sit in this anymore and just let the world pass me by! May God give me strength and wisdom and lead me to do His will through all circumstances and events of life. May I decrease and He increase.
I have the opportunity to do a lot in this world, to look past my own minuscule plans and realize that God has a few plans of His own that are going to override mine. To resist this might result in my being swallowed by an enormous fish for a period of time, or even lead me to an early grave. In my referencing Jonah...I'm not in any way designating me the role of a prophet. No, that is hardly my role in this world. But God has given me gifts and desires to go into this world and be a light, to be His disciple and be an example to the World of who Christ is.
My desire is to not waste the years that God has laid out for me...to see God's world and to see His creation, but to also teach those uneducated in the ways of Christ, to ease the pain of those who suffer, to show love to the hurting, and to be a leader to those who cannot lead themselves. To help bring reunification to the holy catholic (small "c"-Universal) Church that has been ravaged by theological wars and petty differences.
I can't sit in this anymore and just let the world pass me by! May God give me strength and wisdom and lead me to do His will through all circumstances and events of life. May I decrease and He increase.
You have officially spent more time in college than me. I was back home and starting my new job exactly two years ago.
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