Fellow readers,
I hope everyone had a great and safe Christmas and New Years! It's not too late to say that is it? We aren't all the way through January yet. I'm going with yes. But, oh man, how January has flown by already! How have you all been? I had a very wonderful Christmas break filled with lots of family time, friends time, and even some time with my girlfriend. You read that correct ladies, I am now taken-you will have to look elsewhere(I say that as if there are lots of ladies who read this blog just dying to date me....). I kid though, but I am super pumped about it! Um, let's see here...what has happened since we last left off. Well, in my last post, I accidentally left out a shout out to my cousin and his wife. My cousin graduated from his basic training for the Air Force in December and now currently resides in California with his wife, going to school out there for his job in the Air Force. We are all SUPER proud of you Adam! I can't wait until the time arises when we can sit down and have a cigar together again. What else? Well, classes have now started back up. I have three math classes this semester, one being Calculus 3 which is all online. There was no specification that this class would be online. Some of you all might be wondering, "Is that a bad thing?" My answer, yes. Since we are dealing with math here, I will give you an equation which exemplifies why this is a bad thing: lazy student who never does homework + class which is nothing but homework taken for a grade = BAD!! The worst part of it is I have to teach it to myself by reading the textbook. It is going to be a very tough task this semester. Some better news: I started a Bible study in my dorm with my RA and neighbor. The inauguration of said Bible study was thursday night. It consisted of my RA and myself. Yeah, the neighbor bailed for to see a movie playing at one of the campus ministries. We forgave him, however. But, it was good! I am so stoked for what God has in store for us this semester and for everything He is already moving in us!
The Message:
Thursday night, at our previously mentioned Bible study, we went over 1 Corinthians 13-"Love is patient. Love is kind..." Love. Love is a very important subject to talk about. Jesus says we should love everyone as our brother or sister, no matter what they have done or done to us. That is a huge thing! According to that, we must love every person who has ever wronged us, ever come in contact with us. How many of you all struggle with this? I know I struggle with this. I know when I see someone who is doing bad things, or just acting immature or anything like that, my first thought is not, "I love you." That is what is so amazing about God. He loves us no matter what we do. No matter what. That is just awesome to think about. There is nothing you can do to make God say, "That was it man, I just don't love you anymore." Isn't that great? Does this mean you should just do whatever you want and feel right about it, because you know He loves you no matter what? No, it does not. I was reading out of a book yesterday(yes, I was reading. I know that is shocking to some people who know me well), called, Love Out Loud, by Joyce Meyer. It said, "God's plan is so simple...He said to receive and give love, to abide(live, dwell, and remain) in it, and make the pursuit of it your lifetime goal. As we do this God is pleased, we have more joy than we can imagine, and we are a success because we live to help others." As Christians, our main focus is living a life pleasing to God. Well that right there is a good start! He wants us to love everyone. So, what is stopping us? That is a question I will be trying to answer this whole semester in our Bible study. I think everyone should stop and think about that for a second. Thanks for reading
Signing off
