| | MONDAY - ROLE REMODELING
Well, a lot went down since the last time I blogged. I had the privilege of speaking twice in the last 2 months at FPC. First was for the Youth which I felt all right about but then I spoke for College/Young Adult and I was pretty nervous. I felt like I was in Indonesia again giving my first sermon. I talked faster that I planned and was in a mess. I somehow made it threw but... oh well, haha. I talked with Pastor Roy afterwards and he said that the nervousness I had was a given. Hopefully all these various experiences and events can build a strong foundation for a greater purpose that God has for me.
I read something on Biola.edu this morning that shocked me. Clyde Cook, the former President of Biola University has passed away on Friday. I never met Dr. Cook personally but I heard him speak many times and have been there to just listen to his heart for the University and the greater purpose of equipping men and women in mind and character to impact the world for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Actually, a lot of things that I've been reading up on CNN.com and listening to on the FOX News at 11 has been shocking. Everything from those kids dying from a car accident on the freeway, those teenagers acting a fool and jumping that one girl over some stupid drama on myspace to the Scandal in the Mormon Church. I don't know exactly how I would respond if any of my students faces showed up on the news from a fatal car accident. I could only imagine what their parents are going through, their staff's going through, their pastor is going through, the whole church is going through. And then those teenagers I mean, where's the discipline parents! Why do such acts of idiocy exist?! Why are only the kids in jail?! Get their parents in there as well! The Mormon Church... Polygamy? Sexual Abuse? Pregnant 13 year olds?! This is beyond scandal, it's just wrong. I have tons more to say but I have some stuff to get back to.
But before that, I just to write this as a constant reminder to myself of why in the world I'm studying the Bible. Why am I studying theology? What am I doing in class everyday? Why am I trying to even pass these classes? What do the all-nighters stand for? Why am I at Biola University? Why am I attending Fullerton Presbyterian Church? Why am I serving on staff? Why am I devoting my life to follow Jesus Christ? Without questions, there are no answers. I'm doing all those things because He Saved Me. Whether I get a bad grade here and there or not live up to the expectations some have for me, I could never forget the foundational fact that He Saved Me.
God Bless and Gud9ite
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