You know you're in a Chrisitan University when...
the naked statues in your history book have shorts drawn in...
conversation stops mid-sentence for everyone to pray at dinner...
when professors take prayer requests before class starts...
people discuss and argue the Bible in their spare time...
your ID card gets scanned on the way into chapel....
students get together just to pray...
the school doesn't recognize Halloween, but professors host a bonfire that night so you can dress up, have fun, and the professors know where you are...
"co-ed" dorms means one floor is all guys and another is all girls...
a "late night" usually includes board/card games, a trip to wal-mart, pizza, and at least three cameras...
when you have to have your Christmas Banquet dresses approved to make sure not to much skin is showing...
you start singing and quoting Veggie Tales and others join in...
you can't study with other girls without discussing wedding plans...
people gossip in the name of Jesus, attempting to pass it off as prayer requests...
the targets of your jokes are other denomiations...
Ring by Spring. Enough said...
you put others Christian colleges down--not because you are in rivalry with them, but you laugh at their dumb rules, and then realize you have them too...
ping pong, ultimate frisbee, and fooseball are the varsity sports...
people gasp in horror at the thought of seeing an R rated movie...
no one has illegally... or legally... drank...
someone says "THANK GOD!" and everyone says "Amen"...
"Open dorms" becomes the most scandalous day of the year...
rebellion means watching Braveheart with your door closed...
rumors/information about dating gets across campus faster than you can walk across it...
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Proverbs 3:1-6
"My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you prosperity.
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:1-6
Proverbs 3:3,4:
I was encouraged by these two verses. No, I'm not necessarily trying to 'win favor' from those around me, but maybe respect? I know that we should only be conerned with what God thinks of us, but shouldn't my manager be able to respect my integrity and trust me? But what I am learning in Proverbs is that I need to be very careful whom I am faithful to. Wisdom or folly? Can I discern between the two or will I figure out which is which when it's too late? Verses 5 and 6 help make sense of my last question:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
I was reading in my Bible that "acknowledge him" is not just deciding and recognizing that God is God, but living my life by knowing God and living closely with him. I need to relate to God in all aspects of my life, not just the ones in which I choose. When I constantly keep GOD at the center of my life, I can EASILY trust in him and lean on him for his understanding. Maybe I should make myself clear.
When I put God at the center of my life, I know that he is in control and that makes it easier to trust him. The situations he tosses at me to grow and challenge me may not always be easier (in fact, I don't think they are ever easy), but at least I know that I can trust in a God who can bring me through these situations.
So, when God is the center of my life, when I fully trust him in all aspects of my life, I know exactly which is wisdom and which is folly.
but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you prosperity.
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:1-6
Proverbs 3:3,4:
I was encouraged by these two verses. No, I'm not necessarily trying to 'win favor' from those around me, but maybe respect? I know that we should only be conerned with what God thinks of us, but shouldn't my manager be able to respect my integrity and trust me? But what I am learning in Proverbs is that I need to be very careful whom I am faithful to. Wisdom or folly? Can I discern between the two or will I figure out which is which when it's too late? Verses 5 and 6 help make sense of my last question:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
I was reading in my Bible that "acknowledge him" is not just deciding and recognizing that God is God, but living my life by knowing God and living closely with him. I need to relate to God in all aspects of my life, not just the ones in which I choose. When I constantly keep GOD at the center of my life, I can EASILY trust in him and lean on him for his understanding. Maybe I should make myself clear.
When I put God at the center of my life, I know that he is in control and that makes it easier to trust him. The situations he tosses at me to grow and challenge me may not always be easier (in fact, I don't think they are ever easy), but at least I know that I can trust in a God who can bring me through these situations.
So, when God is the center of my life, when I fully trust him in all aspects of my life, I know exactly which is wisdom and which is folly.
Friday, March 02, 2007
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