Sunday, October 05, 2008

Dear Friends,

It has been a while since I have posted.  I'm not very good at having anything worth writing from week to week.  I hope you might enjoy a brief reflection on the boring haps and mishaps of my current life.

I am still studying for my fifth (and hopefully final) year at Indiana Wesleyan University.  I am still struggling to learn how to live life well, and most weeks I only hope to come away with some sense of survival.  I am attempting to try my best at school, despite my frequent failures (small and large), in hopes of improving my overall skill at these beloved academics.  I think I am too comfortable.  If I am to succeed, I will be stretched by the work school requires of me.  Maybe I have been taking life too easy?

I have lost quite a bit of confidence as pertains to my future in ministry.  I suspect this has to do with my lack of present involvement in ministry.  I seem to have lost a vision for God's call on my life.  This I must recover, by God's grace.  

I am also trying to open myself up to the fullness of grace the Lord has to offer us.  Though I often fail, I desperately desire to experience and share God's immeasurable love.  I want a deeper, joy-filled life, animated by the Holy Spirit, full of grace and good fruit.  So I suppose I need a lesson in abiding in Christ.  Perhaps I ought to focus on serving others, so as to take the attention off my own growth.

I also work about 15 hrs. per week at Steak n Shake.

That's it -- my life, for now.

Lord, have mercy.  


2 comments:

churchpunk4life said...

hey scott
thats cool
i hope graduation comes
im afraid i'll be delayed another year
(6 years of school) ECK
that all is up to dr reinhart (read dr smith in iwu terms)
i think u should do well in ur ministry
u amaze me how no matter how much i try to talk to you about yourself you turn the conversation around so its about me (or who ever your talking to)
i wish i had that talent
Keep on seeking the Lord bud!

Ken Schenck said...

Scott, don't let this mess up your schedule, but here's a book meme.