Living in the 21st century consists of moving at light speed and hardly stopping to enjoy the loyal people God placed in your life or the gorgeous Earth surrounding us. This is what I am experiencing as I am currently writing this. I’ve wanted to write this post for weeks, but couldn 't seem to find the time because of my demanding college life. But now, as I sit admiring the ocean waves slowly pushing up the sand I have found the time. So, I want to recall back to June 17 when I took a lovely little journey to Satellite Auto Repair to have my windshield fixed. I walked into Satellite at 7:58 in the morning, frustrated that I was up that early on a Saturday knowing I was going to have to sit in the small, smelly waiting room for what would
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The expecting mother and I continued our conversation and she began to ask me if it was difficult to be a Christian at a liberal arts college. Well, this is a tough question and we discussed it for quite some time. I won’t go into everything we discussed, but in summary I told her that yes, it is very difficult. There are constantly people putting me down because of my faith or judging me because I don 't want to live a lifestyle of this world. As Colton Dixon nicely put it, “I don 't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul.” So, yes it is difficult to go against the status quo, but it is also incredible. I see more deeply the way that God works in my life and in the other students around me. The challenges have strengthened my walk with Christ because I have to call upon him everyday for strength to withstand the temptations and to be as Christlike as I can be. God has put some amazing people in my life at my little liberal arts college, and allowed grow in the knowledge of my faith because of the people challenging …show more content…
At this point, I had already been waiting for two hours and my friend offered to come pick me up. I decided to wait, I figured it couldn 't take much longer. Our conversation began to die down and then her husband began to speak. He asked me more in-depth questions about my faith and my life. I could see the wheels turning in his eyes and I know he wasn 't just asking out of curiosity. We discussed the Christian lifestyle for about 30 minutes: we mostly spoke about what it means to truly love others even if we don 't agree with them. As a Christian, I am called to be Christlike. This means I am called to love my neighbor whether they are living a Christian life or not, BUT I am also called to stand for Christ. I am called to be just, as Christ is just. So for example, I love my sinning neighbor, but I do not condone his
The expecting mother and I continued our conversation and she began to ask me if it was difficult to be a Christian at a liberal arts college. Well, this is a tough question and we discussed it for quite some time. I won’t go into everything we discussed, but in summary I told her that yes, it is very difficult. There are constantly people putting me down because of my faith or judging me because I don 't want to live a lifestyle of this world. As Colton Dixon nicely put it, “I don 't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul.” So, yes it is difficult to go against the status quo, but it is also incredible. I see more deeply the way that God works in my life and in the other students around me. The challenges have strengthened my walk with Christ because I have to call upon him everyday for strength to withstand the temptations and to be as Christlike as I can be. God has put some amazing people in my life at my little liberal arts college, and allowed grow in the knowledge of my faith because of the people challenging …show more content…
At this point, I had already been waiting for two hours and my friend offered to come pick me up. I decided to wait, I figured it couldn 't take much longer. Our conversation began to die down and then her husband began to speak. He asked me more in-depth questions about my faith and my life. I could see the wheels turning in his eyes and I know he wasn 't just asking out of curiosity. We discussed the Christian lifestyle for about 30 minutes: we mostly spoke about what it means to truly love others even if we don 't agree with them. As a Christian, I am called to be Christlike. This means I am called to love my neighbor whether they are living a Christian life or not, BUT I am also called to stand for Christ. I am called to be just, as Christ is just. So for example, I love my sinning neighbor, but I do not condone his