I recently found myself in this season feeling discouraged because I don't live the average college student life. My college life doesn't consist of partying every other night, dating this one and that one, etc. I became discouraged because I didn't understand why I just couldn't be normal? Even though I knew I couldn't get down like that because of my relationship with Christ I still had those group of girls that I ran with. Even though I wasn't about that life THEY were so I would have my times where I would allow the peer pressure to gain control over me and just give in. But guess what? It didn't feel right. I would go out and honestly I would just complain the whole time because that's not who I was anymore!!!! So I finally gave up, I went before God and I prayed and prayed and I cried and cried because he began to show me that I couldn't be like everyone else, he began to show me that I can't stay connected to those friends because I wasn't strong enough in my walk with him to have my own mind. I'll be honest, it sucked!!!! I felt like my life was sooooo boring!! You mean to tell me all I'm supposed to do is go to church, work, home and school? Ummm no thank you!!!! "God can you just use me after I graduate so I can get this out of my system" but when I honestly thought about it; I was headed for destruction!!!! If I would have listened to myself and not obey what God was telling me to do there is no telling WHERE I would be or WHAT I would be doing! I Literally, thank God for SAVING a wretch like me!!!!
So if you're a college student I wholeheartedly encourage you to stand strong in what you believe in. I know you want to be "normal" but you're not normal and that's okay. How can you walk around your school saying you're a Christian but the minute someone invites you to play a good ole fashion game of ping pong you get dressed faster than you would for church!!! With all the shootings and violence going on with our generation it is CRITICAL that we bring prayer and the word of God back to our schools. I know it's not easy and nobody's perfect, and luckily for us God isn't looking for perfection. When we mess up it's so easy to say "God knows my heart" you're right God does know your heart, so he knows if your heart is in the RIGHT place or not. It's not about being perfect, it's about making the decision to live right and being consistent with that decision. So stick to who you are, don't allow ANYONE to change you. I don't care how turnt up they can get, how fine he/she is. It's not worth it. Someone on that college campus needs God and the only way their going to get to know him is through you so be the change that somebody needs and be the change you want to see.
Love always, Lalandra Scriven
Remember: Experience is the best teacher
