Being back at Southwestern

I made it back to Southwestern at about 11am Monday morning.  It was everything I thought it would be and yet different.  So much has changed and so much is the same.  There are so many people that are gone and it makes me miss them.  There are a lot of new people also.

So much has changed about me also.  I feel like God really used the time I was away and this summer to change me and make me more like Christ.  This simmer made me more independent and made me realize that I can do things by myself.   If people are busy or for whatever reason cannot do things with me and I want to do something I can go out and do it by myself.

What has also changed is the way I see others.  I am trying to think less of myself and more of others and am trying to love and serve others better.  I’m thankful for the people god continues to bring into my life to stretch and challenge me and to make me more like Christ!

I believe God wants to do something really great at Southwestern this semester.  I am praying for the current president and the students and professors there that we would come together and grow together spiritually and would become more like Christ and that we would be used by Christ for His Glory.  I am praying for myself also that Hod would continue to prepare me for whatever He has for me to do and that He would give me wisdom so I would continue to know where He would have me go and what He would have me do.  Most importantly I am praying that He would draw me closer to Himself and that I would be more like Christ in everything that I do and that I would love like Christ!

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