Upland

Today in chapel we had a speaker who I know pretty well. Her name is Malesa, she is a senor here at Taylor, and she talked about her living situation across town- among other things. She talked about how ashamed she felt to have a Taylor University sticker on her car window. She feels like her neighbors view her as condescending. All she wants is to follow Christ and to love her neighbor but she feels like she is a walking billboard for middle class condescending america. I often feel the same way. Like im just fitting the mold. My hair cut, my cloths, my car. It all adds up to one more harmless white kid who is getting a college degree. Sometimes I wrestle with the thought that it would be easier to stay focused on Christ if I was living in down town Philly with 7 other Christians in an old jank row house. That would be a much more apparent and tangible sacrifice for Christ than University life. But both are hard and need worked at. I just pray ( and your welcome to pray for me too :) ) that I can use my academic life to Honor and Praise God. That I can focus on my studies and use time studying instead of relaxing or goofing off as a sacrifice for Christ. It may not be a crazy story, but I believe its where God has called me to be for now.
Grace and Peace,
Zachary