"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, August 30, 2010

Return to the glory land


“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." T.E. Lawrence
Sophomore year of college. The second year at my four year home. The last half of the first half of my career as a "college student" and I still have so much I want to do. This year has been wonderful so far; classes are great, my last math class, philosophy, spanish three, english comp 2, and world history. As far as involvement this year, I am finding myself with time to breathe during the day and some nights and that is so strange to me. I always over commit myself but always find a way to give 100% to the things I do commit to, and this semester so far I am only involved in a few things: R.U.F. monday nights, ONE wednesday nights, First Presbyterian Opelika sundays, Project Uplift 5 hours a week, and my SGA involvement hasn't started yet. In light of this "light load" this semester I am finding myself with an excess of free time.
I don't know what to do with myself! It has been great for getting in the Word, doing homework, and the likes but I can't help but feel I need to be doing more. The quote I started this entry off with is what I am living by this semester. Because I do have this free time, I am going to do things. Big things. Today I had a free hour before classes so Natalie Burns and I set up a table on O-Days on the concourse and started a new club, Dumbledore's Army. Fun stuff like that is going to be a part of this free time I have but I also want to use it to plan for the bible study I'm leading of Isaiah with the roommates called "Stogie and a Study" tuesday nights.
The Lord is so powerful with his movements through this study already after only one week! One conviction I am trying to live is surrounding myself with scripture. I made this auburn sign out of pain chips and on each sign is a different Bible verse that encourages me and hopefully all who come in my room!
Everything we do is to be for his glory, our free time, our commitments, our conversations, our life. Sophomore year I am going to try to live this out.
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