My thoughts for today...
This is in response to a post by Steven Yue aka YueDaddy
Our personal convictions can come across as being condemning but that
is only because we are so convinced of them that is sometimes difficult
to see past them. Dorm ministry is strategic because not only of the
number of people but the people themselves that are living there-
Freshmen- they are breaking out into a new life and for the first time
they get to make their own decisions and are search hard for what to
live for. I think that is what separates Freshmen from
upperclassmen-they are so open and willing to try anything. This is not
just true for nonbelievers but believers as well are looking for what
it looks like to not being living in their youth group or families's
faith but their own and there are some who decide that a life of
sacrafice isn't worth giving up being comfortable mostly because they
lack vision-they don't see the big picture because they don't meet
anyone who has vision. I am very thankful for those the Lord has
brought to himself this year and has shown His vision for the campus,
and His method was to use a few of His faithful children who counted
living off-campus as a loss and lived among them. Faith comes by
hearing the word of truth-- I don't know all the logistics of God being
Sovereign, but I do know that His method is using men. Without those
men
going, who will?
OK so why say all this? Why even care? I'm 6 weeks from graduating. I'm going to the "real" world. My heart for the last four and a half years has been for this. I love being in the dorms with these women who never had come to a Christian meeting or heard the gospel in college if hadn't made a small decision to live in the dorms... I know that may sound conceited but it is incredibly humbling to me.
I know that living in an apartment has its opportunities but I know that it is incredibly hard. There is little to no fruit and you have to make a concious effort to have a conversation with someone much less share the Gospel. And back to the fact that they are upperclassmen--more than likely they are pretty confident in what they want to live for and assume that you just want to turn them into a project. I am praying very hard for the ones who long to labor for Christ on our campus who aren't living in the dorms--it is going to be very frustrating!
Well, this is just the simple ramblings of someone who can't live in the dorms next year--the college is funny about letting people who are graduated and not taking classes live in the dorms, go figure-- and is deeply convinced that to have the maxium impact on the campus is living and/or ministering in the dorms.
Graduation Countdown begins: 6 weeks!
I think that I decided I am going to post the things that I am going to miss:
Living in the Dorms
OK so why say all this? Why even care? I'm 6 weeks from graduating. I'm going to the "real" world. My heart for the last four and a half years has been for this. I love being in the dorms with these women who never had come to a Christian meeting or heard the gospel in college if hadn't made a small decision to live in the dorms... I know that may sound conceited but it is incredibly humbling to me.
I know that living in an apartment has its opportunities but I know that it is incredibly hard. There is little to no fruit and you have to make a concious effort to have a conversation with someone much less share the Gospel. And back to the fact that they are upperclassmen--more than likely they are pretty confident in what they want to live for and assume that you just want to turn them into a project. I am praying very hard for the ones who long to labor for Christ on our campus who aren't living in the dorms--it is going to be very frustrating!
Well, this is just the simple ramblings of someone who can't live in the dorms next year--the college is funny about letting people who are graduated and not taking classes live in the dorms, go figure-- and is deeply convinced that to have the maxium impact on the campus is living and/or ministering in the dorms.
Graduation Countdown begins: 6 weeks!
I think that I decided I am going to post the things that I am going to miss:
Living in the Dorms