Back To It

Time for another semester.  I'm getting close to the finish of my undergrad studies, which I'm extremely excited about finishing up-it' been a long time coming.  It's been a crazy few years of learning and growth.  I ran away from God for a long time, got lost in myself, and then out of nowhere God decided that He wasn't done with me (this wasn't out of nowhere for Him, just for me).  So I've spent roughly the last year and a half trying to grow, and having mixed results.  But I think that's part of the growing process-you have times where your passion for God is like a raging inferno, and all you can do is study the Word.  Then there are times when you have no desire at all to learn.  Those times suck, in case you were wondering.  But the cool thing, at least for me, has been that, as I grow, the little things I learn come back around again-like learning about grace, and then seeing it firsthand in my life.  Gotta love a God who is so personal.

I'm doing some studying for Bible study tomorrow, and we're looking at Romans 1:18-32.  It's really dark and intense-it basically lays out for us how, because of the way God reveals Himself to us in His creation, we have no excuse for the sin in our lives.  We are aware of God, even if we never choose to acknowledge it, and that is what makes us accountable for our actions.  As I read this, it makes me so grateful for God calling me to Himself-I don't want to fall down into the sin and wickedness that the rest of the chapter describes.  It is the trap of worshipping the creation over the Creator.

So with the beginning of the new semester, I'm going to try to write more often-it definitely helps me nail down my thoughts and whatnot, and it's something I thoroughly enjoy.  I'm also going to be posting my chosen music for the day each time I write.  Today, it's been Caspian's Four Trees-excellent instrumental post-rock group out of Massachusetts.  Saw these guys live in Orlando last year on spring break at a little hole in the wall bar.  There were maybe forty people there, and they played like it was to a thousand screaming fans-I was most impressed and thoroughly enjoyed it.