It is far too easy to get
caught up in the immediate grind of busy-ness and chaos that college life
offers. It is easy to push away people
in favor of projects, to turn away heart-to-heart chats because of homework, to
pass up suppertime conversations for study time. And I know that I am guilty of this.
But I don't
think that this is the way that it should be.
School is
important, I have no argument against that. And to be here at school and not
work hard, to not do my best or strive for excellence in my work, this would be
being disobedient to the calling that I have been given. Right now, I am called to be a student and
that means striving for excellence in my work.
But I am
also called to love others, to share Christ, to be an ambassador for Christ, to
display and pass on the great amount of grace that I have been shown. And for me, that means stepping out of my
comfort zone at times, making a new friend instead of always eating with the
old ones, seeking out places to love others, instead of being comfortable in my
bubble.
Ephesians
3:17-19 says this: "So that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith - that you , being rooted and grounded in
love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness
of God."
"With all the saints"
Is there a saint that needs encouraging? A saint that needs a smile or a hug? Is there
a saint to whom I can communicate the love of Christ? That they too might have the strength to
comprehend the love of Christ?
This is what
I am seeking after this semester.
To learn to love others.
To love God first, that I might love others.
To be in the Word, seeking His face, comprehending the depth
of His love, that my love for Him would overflow, that I might pour that love
on others.
I pray that
you too, would sense and know His love.
That you would grow in His grace and taste His goodness.
And then
that you would step out and share this gift.
1 comment:
so funny emily because for me it's the opposite. so easy to get caught up in the social aspect of living and to push away cleaning the house, running errands, getting paper work done!
people are so different from one another arent they! pray that we BOTH have a good balance and look to the Lord for guidance each day!
love you!
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