lg reflection

1) How is Christ’s love compelling you to finish off this semester in your classes?

it's been kind of hard for me to figure out what it means to represent Christ in the way that we study. a lot of people say that we need to be the best of the best so that God can use us in greater ways, but in the Bible God used the uneducated to do some pretty amazing things. but it doesn't feel right to do the opposite either, to neglect my studies and purposely not be a good student. so what is the answer then? a verse that comes to mind is "whether you eat or drink do it all for the glory of God" but that's more so referring to the issue of what type of food is clean to eat and whether or not to drink alcohol, so making that verse about studying probably wouldn't connect. i'm not all too convinced the parable of the talents really is related to us trying to study hard. yeah.. i don't really know. i mean, i feel that God's called me to u of m and that my calling is to be a faithful student. but other than that, i don't really know.

2) How is Christ’s love compelling you to finish off this life group, PBinJ?

in light of Christ's sacrifice to save me, i should be moved to have the same kind of love for those in my life group. to see Christ's love move through me and transform people's lives. there are only a couple weeks left of life group so all the more there should be an urgency in my own heart to see Christ change people's lives just as He has changed mine. we have seen several people come to know Christ but there is still so much more to be done. not only are there other preChristians who don't know Christ but there are other believers who really need to experience more of Christ's love in their lives. people who need to know God on a deeper level and experience God in more powerful ways. as God has done these things in my life, i should desire to see Him do these things in others.

3) How is Christ’s love compelling you to use your time, as you plan ahead for the summer?

well, this summer i've committed to stay in aa. i'll be working for a start-up but other than that my schedule's pretty free. i really wanted to reach out to incoming freshmen by being an orientation leader but that door has all but closed. but my heart still needs to be the same. not just to reach out to incoming freshmen but to reach out to people in general. just because i'm not doing summer missions or not doing orientation i still need to have the same heart to love and serve others. this starts inside of the church as i will be serving in different ways, but it needs to extend to my work life, home life, and just going around campus to constantly be a witness of Christ to anyone i meet.

"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again [2 Corinthians 5:14-15]"