First Entry: Life at College

Well this is the first entry to my online journal. This journal will contain stories of my adventures here at UMHB and my world travels which will involve India next fall. So let  us begin.........this is my first semester here and I am wondering whether or not I should be here. I am without friends despite a few, a little bit lonely, REALLY homesick, and wanting to desire a deeper relationship with God. Well I am desiring it more than ever! I want God to do miracles and wonderful things in my life while I'm here, I'm just waiting......patiently.......well trying to wait patiently. Unfortunately, patience was never a good virtue of mine. I have just completed my first week of classes and it will be a difficult semester. I have five classes, the most I have ever taken, with some of the most interesting professors who I am questioning their spiritual walk. My film professor is requiring that we watch some R-rated movies........and I'm not too happy about it. I have been praying about what I should do, and I think I am just going to tell him that I cannot watch it. I am praying that he doesn't take it the wrong way! Tomorrow Jennifer and I will be visiting another church. Last Sunday we visited Temple Bible Church and it was a very interesting church. I liked it, especially the pastor. He preached an excellent sermon on desperation from Psalm 130, one of the "psalms of ascent." This is what the outline from the sermon says, "Psalms 120-134 are called 'the Psalms of Ascent.' As pilgrims journeyed to Jerusalem, the highest geographical city in Israel, these Psalms were often sung. Psalm 130 is a cry of desperation for deliverance from 'the depths.'" Some things that stood out to me from his sermon was the people who are truly desperate for spirituality do not care about the mess they make so they can get to Jesus. If we truly want to see Jesus and experience Him in our lives, we shouldn't care about the mess we make of our lives. We shouldn't be concerned about the sins we commit, we should just ask for forgiveness and continue to seek God. Anyways this is my first entry and we'll see how it goes from now on!