This is the first of several blog posts I intend to write before the coming semester begins. Since I have not written a blog post for some time, I hope to fill in some details on how life has been lately here in California.
I have now finished my first year at Eternity Bible College. This past school year was challenging, but extremely helpful. I gained a greater understanding of the redemptive story in the Bible, and I now have a greater appreciation of the Old Testament, which before seemed strange and irrelevant at points. I'm grateful for learning about Church history and different religions and worldviews. I'm also glad that my college does not function inside a Christian bubble, separated from the rest of the world. However, I acknowledge that more knowledge does not mean more wisdom, and that I cannot presume to be a know-it-all, because I am certainly not one after just one year at college.
To summarize how my life has been, I would have to say that life is good. When I tell people how I've been doing the past few months, I take a step back and see that life is good and that God has been working in me and through me. However, this summary does not mean that every day is easy and happy. The past few months seem like a roller coaster.
At times I am filled with an inexpressible joy from the knowledge of what God has done in me and that he is choosing to use me to spread the gospel message of his coming kingdom, which brings people out of darkness into light and heals brokenness.
At times I am crushed with the reality of brokenness in the world and deception of sin. I have been brought to tears praying for those in my life who don't have the love, joy, and peace from knowing God, and are in "the snare of the devil...being captured by him to do his will" (2 Tim. 2:26).
At times I am struck with the radical grace of God. Nothing I have ever done in my life has earned me this relationship with God. My relationship with God has always been unilateral, which amazes and humbles me. I follow a God of amazing grace and unfailing love.
At times I forget the simple truth that God is my treasure, and I go to other things (like news, technology, clothes, looks) to find satisfaction.
At times I am amazed at the beauty of the Church. When believers function as a body, Church is encouraging, life-giving, and awesome.
So my life has ups and downs. But by taking a bird's eye view of life, I can clearly see that God is in control, that he is growing me closer to himself, and that he is actively using me as an ambassador of Christ. My life is wrapped up in my identity in Christ, and because of that, life is good.
I have now finished my first year at Eternity Bible College. This past school year was challenging, but extremely helpful. I gained a greater understanding of the redemptive story in the Bible, and I now have a greater appreciation of the Old Testament, which before seemed strange and irrelevant at points. I'm grateful for learning about Church history and different religions and worldviews. I'm also glad that my college does not function inside a Christian bubble, separated from the rest of the world. However, I acknowledge that more knowledge does not mean more wisdom, and that I cannot presume to be a know-it-all, because I am certainly not one after just one year at college.
To summarize how my life has been, I would have to say that life is good. When I tell people how I've been doing the past few months, I take a step back and see that life is good and that God has been working in me and through me. However, this summary does not mean that every day is easy and happy. The past few months seem like a roller coaster.
At times I am filled with an inexpressible joy from the knowledge of what God has done in me and that he is choosing to use me to spread the gospel message of his coming kingdom, which brings people out of darkness into light and heals brokenness.
At times I am crushed with the reality of brokenness in the world and deception of sin. I have been brought to tears praying for those in my life who don't have the love, joy, and peace from knowing God, and are in "the snare of the devil...being captured by him to do his will" (2 Tim. 2:26).
At times I am struck with the radical grace of God. Nothing I have ever done in my life has earned me this relationship with God. My relationship with God has always been unilateral, which amazes and humbles me. I follow a God of amazing grace and unfailing love.
At times I forget the simple truth that God is my treasure, and I go to other things (like news, technology, clothes, looks) to find satisfaction.
At times I am amazed at the beauty of the Church. When believers function as a body, Church is encouraging, life-giving, and awesome.
So my life has ups and downs. But by taking a bird's eye view of life, I can clearly see that God is in control, that he is growing me closer to himself, and that he is actively using me as an ambassador of Christ. My life is wrapped up in my identity in Christ, and because of that, life is good.
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