Last weekend I organized a retreat for the Campus Christian Ministries club on campus. I have been active as the vice president for the last year and I don’t really remember how I ended up as the coordinator for this event but I definitely put my all into it. I don’t want to talk about how great I was for everything, because that is not the truth, but I do really want to reflect on what happened.
There was a lot of last minute cancellations. From people I had asked to lead. Their reasons were completely understandable and valid, for sure, and I have absolutely have no hard feelings about that. However, it did certainly result in a lot of anxiety on my end about what to do. I ended up writing Bible studies last minute and I was really worried that because of that, it wasn’t going to end up well. We ended up having twelve girls in all at the retreat and they have changed my aspect on life. Talking with them made me realize so much more about my faith and my community. Throughout our Bible studies, we focused on a couple verses. My favorite one was definitely this one: And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 If I’m going to be perfectly honest, this verse is really, really, really hard to listen to. It is so easy to talk bad about people. Way, way, way easier than encouraging someone or spurring them on to love. It is so much easier to complain about what someone did or said than to tell someone what they are good at or encouraging them. We talked about this a lot. Why is this such a hard Bible verse to listen to? All it requires is being nice and encouraging others. Sure, it might be easy when it is to your friends and famiy. But think of the lady who cut you off while driving or the one who gave you a nasty look in the grocery store. What about the guy you can’t stand in your class or the girl who is dating the guy you wish you could be with? I wish I had an answer to all this but I don’t think I ever will. However, I have challenged myself to say more affirmations and to compliment as much as I can. So often I keep these things in my mind and I don’t even have a reason for that. So hey. You’re doing swell today. You’re alive. You’re loved.
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