Why do I do all this?

The school year is about over. I am done with this semester on the 14th of December which means finals are right around the corner. I have this love hate relationship with finals as once they are done, that means I am done with that class. But that means that I have lots of studying to do. I always have to remind myself of why I am doing all of this.

Back when I was at CSU, I really didn't put God and school together. And with that, I was trying to do things on myself which eventually was my down fall with school at CSU. I would try and get a grade for myself to make myself feel good or for my parents so that I could show that I was doing okay. It was never for God that I was doing school.

I have learned way more now about why I do school than I ever thought I would. And even more so, why I do everything in this life. I have had to realize that my life is not my own. I have been listening to a band that I heard of recently called Owl City and one of the songs on the album is called Metor Shower says just that.

I can finally see,

that you're right there beside me,

I am not my own,

for I have been made new.
Please don't let me go,

I desperately need you

I am not my own,

for I have been made new,

Please don't let me go,

I desperately need you

 I had to realize that I do everything in my life for the glory of God and none other. That I can not take any praise for anything in my life and that it all has to redirected back to God. So when I do good in school, I can praise God for what he is doing in my life.


There was a brother who wanted to share the gospel with someone each day before he came and so he would put a small infinity symbol on his hand to remind himself to go sharing. It would remind him of eternity and that he wants to share eternity with someone else today.


Now what does this have to do with what we do and why we do it? For a while I would ask people if they wanted a smiley face drawn on their hand just because I had a permanent marker. I was actually talking about this subject with my break down group and I told them that if you need a reminder on why we do everything in our life, including school, put a smiley face on your hand just as our brother reminded himself of eternity.


So remember as we go through the end of the semester, why we do school. It is to glorify God alone! And if you need to remind yourself of that during the toughest of finals and projects and papers, then put a smiley face on your hand. 

Also, when you feel like school is just too much and over bearing, you can also look at this picture and know that our God is bigger than that! (Picture of the galaxy Andromeda taken with and ultraviolet camera) And that means that he is bigger than school!