Stubbornness

I went in today to talk to my advisor and we discussed the possibility of me returning next year but I did mention that I have other schools at the top of my list and am open to just about anything. I have not yet officially changed my major but I am about 95% sure I am switching to some sorts of sports administration/management. I met a new person tonight and have to say that she seems like a very nice girl. Very friendly, easy to talk to, definitely someone I would not mind having around to talk to. Sometimes you meet someone and you just know that they are someone that you would like to get close to and be really good friends with because you can relate to them and you share things that bring you together even when you just met. It is funny how God works and brings people right to you that you would never expect to meet. As I was sitting in XA tonight, I heard "why do we treat the things that easily pass like they will last forever, and why do we treat things that will last for eternity like they are temporary?" I thought about that and said to myself, "why do we live for things in this life when we should be living for things that will carry us into eternity?" I have already touched on this before but I think it goes back to how we tend to live "for the moment" rather than "in the moment." I should be setting goals to achieve that will carry me into eternity instead of just setting goals that will get me to tomorrow because tomorrow is not guaranteed. I keep forgetting that I cannot push things off until tomorrow because tomorrow might not come, my time to shine is now, there are no second chances or do-overs, just here and now. God has made the call, how will we respond?

It was written by Paul in 2nd Timothy 4:3-5, I think I might have used these verses before but here they are again. "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry" I have noticed that I have not done a real good job of representing God because whenever I go to a Chi Alpha related event I just tell people I have stuff to do instead of just telling them I am involved in the Chi Alpha ministry. Occasionally I do mention what I am doing but in general I try to avoid some questions that people ask because I just do not want to spend time answering questions. What if someone did not want to give you the time of day? What would you do? I need to take time and give people the time of day to understand where I am coming from and to understand what I am all about because it might be the only chance they get to hear the love of God. Too long I have sat on the sideline and been stubborn, only to wish I had taken that opportunity when I had the chance because the moment is lost and I do not know whether I will ever get the same opportunity again. Our world is turning from sound doctrine and making everything politically correct or making everything seem like it is fine and all we have to do is worry about the economy or the environment. Sure those are great things to have on your mind but why to we have to believe it is possible to "coexist" the definition of coexist is "to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy." Unfortunately we cannot live in peace especially in a matter of policy because we will always disagree which will lead to turmoil and tension throughout our world. One thing that has struck me in the past week and I am sorry if this offends anyone, but I find that people tend to believe that all their friends become angels when they die or they just go to heaven and look down on them but when it comes to themselves they believe they are going to hell. This is sad to see because the reality is that all of our friends do not go to heaven and you do not have to go to hell. I am not saying that everyone I know has had all their friends go to hell (if any) but we have to come to terms that just because a friend died does not mean that they went straight to heaven and that hell does not have to be the place that we choose. We need to stop being so stubborn and accept that we make a choice and so do our friends. We do not live in a perfect world where nothing goes wrong and that God is just an imaginary figure who everyone gets to live with when they die, he is very real and he has a calling for every single one of us.

I am excited to see where God is going to continue to lead me. I hope you all had an awesome day and I know that God is looking out for all of you. I pray that you continue to seek him and his plan for your life.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson