pondering my summer

as days grow longer and room mates come and go... things change a lot during the summer... and while that may not be a bad thing... it does tend to evoke some tears and some undermining jealousy of what is happening in others lives.

however, that is no reason to be ignoring my duties of serving in the church here right now... not in a month or so... but to be building relationships with people and to be purposefully drawing strength from God so as to not rely on our own strength... which causes us to fall in even greater ways.

so, in order for this to be happening... you must have somewhere to start. which leads me to Colossians 3:12-17

this section is given to the church to know how to be behaving as "good" Christian folk should be... it starts out saying that we are chosen of God- hand picked for His purposes.

next it tells us to get dressed... and there are quite a few layers.

start with the layer of compassion, then kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, bearing/ sharing the burdens of other, forgiveness, love, thankfulness, and finally wisdom is to cover over all of this...

that's quite a lot of things to work on... but they do all connect together and grow onto one another, so that the working on of one will lead to another and will mesh all together...

finally it tells me to all in the name of Christ... He is my all in all...continually adding on to the thankfulness.

my prayer is that i will be a good and holy example for my roomie this semester as well as next semester... and it all starts right here.