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Day 9 – Vocation
You’ve been here a little more than a week. Are you still finding your way around? You will have found all your classrooms and had many first encounters with a new roommate, new professors, strangers in your class and crowds of people all around you.
There is a lot of new going on around here for you.
Have you eaten at all the stations in the snazzy new cafeteria? Climbed the wall in the Beaman? Bought coffee at Bongo Java? Heard someone singing a new tune in a dorm room or on the quad?
Have you already noticed that for the first time in your life you are on your own? Sure, there is an RA hanging around but mostly you are coming and going, getting up and going to bed, and eating pretty much when you want to do all those things.
No one is reminding you to do homework or to shut off the TV or to stop playing video games.
This is your time. What will you do with it?
These four years of your life start now and they are some of the most important “becoming you” years you will ever have.
Check out the scripture verses listed above. The Deuteronomy passage talks about living generously. The Proverbs one reminds us to be careful about to whom we are indebted and to prepare well for a career. They offer good advice.
It is the passage in Matthew that can be really helpful for you at this time in your life.
Jesus is starting out just like you are. He gets baptized, faces down the devil in the desert, picks some guys to follow him, and then starts teaching and healing.
As you make this new life for yourself you will face many decisions that will help you become who you will be. Where ever you are in your relationship to religion or God or Jesus, I want to encourage you to read about the kind of life Jesus lived.
Read the gospels. Watch how people responded to Jesus. See how people followed him.
If you want to become whoever you are supposed to be then Jesus is a really good person to help you find who you are.
DARRELL GWALTNEY | Dean, College of Theology & Christian Ministry
You’ve been here a little more than a week. Are you still finding your way around? You will have found all your classrooms and had many first encounters with a new roommate, new professors, strangers in your class and crowds of people all around you.
There is a lot of new going on around here for you.
Have you eaten at all the stations in the snazzy new cafeteria? Climbed the wall in the Beaman? Bought coffee at Bongo Java? Heard someone singing a new tune in a dorm room or on the quad?
Have you already noticed that for the first time in your life you are on your own? Sure, there is an RA hanging around but mostly you are coming and going, getting up and going to bed, and eating pretty much when you want to do all those things.
No one is reminding you to do homework or to shut off the TV or to stop playing video games.
This is your time. What will you do with it?
These four years of your life start now and they are some of the most important “becoming you” years you will ever have.
Check out the scripture verses listed above. The Deuteronomy passage talks about living generously. The Proverbs one reminds us to be careful about to whom we are indebted and to prepare well for a career. They offer good advice.
It is the passage in Matthew that can be really helpful for you at this time in your life.
Jesus is starting out just like you are. He gets baptized, faces down the devil in the desert, picks some guys to follow him, and then starts teaching and healing.
As you make this new life for yourself you will face many decisions that will help you become who you will be. Where ever you are in your relationship to religion or God or Jesus, I want to encourage you to read about the kind of life Jesus lived.
Read the gospels. Watch how people responded to Jesus. See how people followed him.
If you want to become whoever you are supposed to be then Jesus is a really good person to help you find who you are.
DARRELL GWALTNEY | Dean, College of Theology & Christian Ministry
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This 40 day prayer plan was written by students, faculty and staff at Belmont University as a daily devotional for incoming freshmen. Each day guides and encourages new college students in their faith in Jesus Christ through the word of God and the sincere thoughts, seasoned advice and honest prayers of the contributing authors. May these words help you grow in your love for God and your love for others!
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