Graduation

It was so good to be apart of another graduation. Being able to see the students when they first got here, and now seeing them receive not only their certificates, but life-long friends, a better understanding of God's love for them and direction in life. Even though these weren't my students, I feel proud of them and like I was able to contribute to their experience.
For a couple weeks now I have been reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan. It is absolutely challenging and I just want to put it down and stop reading it sometimes, but it is so good. It goes through the profile of lukewarm people and the profile of the obsessed people. Now I was happy to see that I could see myself in most things in obsessed profile, but I was surprised and a little worried about how much I could see myself in the lukewarm profile. I've never considered myself to be a prideful person, but after reading this book I think I need to sit down and take a really good look at my priorities. I knew that I wasn't perfect, I just didn't realize how much I could help it. Sometimes we tend to use the excuse "well I'm only human" or "I'm not Jesus" but who says that we have to live in sin. Just because we are humans doesn't mean that we get to tell white lies when we want, or to talk bad about people, or to only give half of our means to the poor. Jesus says to sell everything that you have and give the money to the poor. EVERYTHING. Now, just because you don't give everything to the poor doesn't mean that you don't love God, but don't use an excuse to get out of doing it. Let's be obsessed.