Where God's Word Meets Our Mess
With only a few weeks left until the end of the semester, I’m unable to contain my excitement. I’ve been awaiting the end for so long! I can’t stop thinking about summer plans and a homework-free life. (What even is that?) But first, I have to survive the rest of the semester—and thrive, if possible—because there are several papers, projects, presentations, and exams in my near future.
But your height and weight—and every other aspect about your body—were chosen by God. He didn't make a single mistake when He created you, and it's so important to accept His design. Yes, acceptance is easier said than done, but here are a few things that can help you with the process.
Last month, I served for the first time ever at a food pantry. I’d helped with the behind-the-scenes work at a food pantry once, but I’d never been there while people actually got their food. In short, my experience was different than I’d expected.
That's why we need to be careful about what we choose to look at and listen to. Maybe we’re not affected by every word we hear and every image we see. But when we continually fill our minds with immoral things, they begin to corrupt the way we live. Through the renewal of our minds, however, God can transform us and help us live like Jesus.
One of the many incredible aspects of God’s grace is that it doesn’t go away once we are saved. He doesn’t show us His grace for salvation alone. There is an endless supply of it! That's what this poem is about.
Think about the "worst" sins that you’ve committed and how you tried to handle them. Did you obsess about them? Did you worry about overcoming them? Did you keep giving into temptation? Did you deal with them in ways that hurt your relationships with God and others? Unfortunately, when we give in to sin, we usually proceed in a variety of unhealthy ways.
As I get older, I realize more and more how much social media influences the culture. We've been consumed by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and a myriad of other social media platforms. But we've also been consumed by the lies that they tell us—because they serve as a "shield" that many people use to hide their sins, struggles, and suffering.
What do I need to do to make a 100—or closer to perfect—score on the next exam? Do I need to wake up earlier? Go to bed later? Withdraw from my other classes to solely focus on history? How much studying will be enough?
Introverts are often stereotyped as people who are unable to carry on a conversation, unable to have fun at parties, and unable to spend more than a few minutes at a time with people. As an introvert, I feel like those are pretty big assumptions (that definitely aren't always true). But I'm also willing to admit that introverts do have a lot of fears related to social situations—including these three fears.
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