Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Thoughts of a Senior

So I don't claim to be very wise, in fact I know many ways where I am quite foolish.  God has, however, taught me a few things these last four years about being a young Christian and about getting through college.  I just figured I would share them.  I'm not very good at all of them, mind you, but they have proven helpful for me. So here goes:


-          Make wise investments (college is an investment)

o   Choose the things that will last:  There are many things demanding our time and attention,  they are not all worth it.

o   Learn the difference between friends and friendships:  friends are a noun, friendship is a verb.  Choose to invest in friendships that last.  Friends are great, but know which to choose first.

o   Not everything is worth investing :  What will the return on investment be?  Is it going to grow and become more valuable? will it lose it's value?  Will it not make a return?  Would your investment be better served elsewhere?

-          Live with an open heart

o   Use your talents in love

o   Don't be sealed off to those around.

o   You can't find real joy by looking inward.

-          Seek to learn before trying to teach

o   Be teachable and moldable

o   Know where to go for wisdom

§  Don’t rely on yourself to answer the questions you don’t know

 (PROV 12:15) The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

o   Don’t be too proud to ask for help

o   Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good (I Thess 5:21)

§  Some things will seem good, but won’t be

§  Some things won’t seem good, but will be

-          Spent alone time with God so much sin comes when we are bored with God.

o   Be fascinated by Him

o   Get to know Him

o   Be excited by Him

o   Seek His heart

o   Trust Him in all things

o   Allow that relationship to be enough

-          Sometimes the only thing you can do is keep stepping.

o   If you can't do anything else, just do that.

-          Life has begun, learn to enjoy where you are

o   It doesn’t get better than now

o   The past is yesterday's now, while the future is tomorrow's. when we look beyond now, we find it is a figment of our imagination, an interpretation of what now was, or speculation of what it will be.  The future cannot be better than now, as it does not exist until now.  The past is simply an accumulation of the nows that brought us here.  While it brought us this far, it will take us no further, except to receive this now which will take us to the next. The only moment, and indeed the best one, is right now.  The past is built from it, and the future will become it, so be happy to receive it.

 

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