A Laborious Weekend

School is almost in full swing. I can tell because the schoolwork is beginning to pile up. This Labor Day weekend, my aunt and uncle are in from Harrison, AR, which means that we'll have continuous Hovis family company. Unfortunately, I've been stashed away in my bedroom the majority of today (Saturday) reading, answering a question, prewriting, and I should be reading some other material right now. I think this Labor Day weekend will teach me the true meaning of Labor Day.

I'm trying my best to take one piece at a time, one day at a time (and I'm not talking about Johnny Cash or Jeremy Camp). I just started filing papers for the records office to serve as my Ministerial Alliance hours (Religion majors have to serve 100 hours in school and 100 hours in Church for their scholarship.), and I am about to begin my Federal Work Study under my journalism professor and the admissions director, Terry Dale Cruse.

[Breathe.]

Yes, God is good. A particular paragraph in How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski (text for collegiate seminar class required for freshmen) has come to mind: "The only firm rock in all this shifting sand is Jesus Christ. Hold on to Him, hold on to His Word, hold on to your partners in faith, and you'll be okay."

Budziszewski wrote this in regard to three modern worldviews that are confusing our generation of college students. I think it applies to my situation though because no matter how crazy my circumstances or your circumstances can get, this holds true: God is supreme. Christ reigns. His hand guides us, and all things are for His glory (See 1 Corinthians 10:31). In a concert in New York, the Christian rock band Third Day's lead singer, Mac Powell, said these words: "In our lives no matter where we can go, who we can meet, what we can see, what we can earn, or be given to us, or accomplish; there is nothing in our lives that can even come close to greatness of knowing Jesus Christ our Lord."

That should be our motivation for all this--every paper we write, every song we may sing or instrument we may play, every study night, every MBU Chapel service, every sport we may practice for or may play, every meal we eat, every meal we may miss, every friend we make... EVERYTHING for God's glory and the joy of all nations. Even if what you're doing or what I'm doing doesn't seem to be making an impact on anyone but ourselves or a few people around us, we are making a serious impact by just belonging to God and carrying out His will.

WOW... my Labor Day weekend isn't looking so laborious now.