[a trimester down...]

so, i've finished my first trimester, and while it's still fresh in my mind, i want to write a few things that i've learned over the trimester that i may have otherwise never learned...

1. i learned that no matter the cost, no matter the pain and suffering, the message of the Gospel must be advanced, and that, even though the Kingdom is within us and people may kill our bodies, all it does is release the Kingdom in a more powerful way...

2. i learned that without an understanding of true community and love, the Jesus Revolution will die.

3. i learned that outside of Jesus i am nothing; but God thought i was worth everything and that's why He gave His life. (meditate on that a while...)

4. i learned the true unestimable power of prayer and its influence on society, through the prayer movement to counter the charlotte pride homosexual event.

5. i learned that healing is for today. that i can heal people through the power of Christ and that healing is in the atonement.

6. i learned that academia is a good and useful tool to educate, but it cannot teach everything. the Holy Spirit is given to teach us all things. even the seemingly mundane.

7. i learned that the brotherhood and sisterhood of believers is delicate and should be sought after more than the cultivation of romantic relationships. there is a delicate line, but, ultimately, it is a message needed in todays youth culture.

8. i learned that the only true risk we face is the decision to walk away from God.

9. i learned that i am in love. (this one is up for meditation and interpretation).