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Reading: I Thessalonians 1:3 Reflection: One of the big adjustments when going to college is learning to live with a roommate. For many, having a roommate is a good experience. If you get along and enjoy each other's company, you probably will make a friend for life. But, if you have a bad experience and do not get along with the person you are assigned to live with, it can make college life terrible. Most people probably have great anxiety when it comes to meeting their roommate for the first time. I was lucky. My roommate and I went to high school together and knew each other pretty well. So, I had no anxiety about our living arrangement since we had planned it that way. It was nice to have someone I knew to share those first few days of college. I think it would have been tougher had I been at school without knowing anyone. It made me more comfortable. We can also get comfortable win our spiritual lives. We can be satisfied where we are at and not strive to grow in the spirit. We can go to church each week and listen to the Word and the message and go home and wait another seven days before hearing more scripture. We can do the things we are taught, recite the liturgy we've known for years and go about our lives not challenging our spiritual being. Or, we can pick up the Bible each day and gain more wisdom, we can attend Bible studies and prayer meetings to get other's perspective's on spiritual issues, and we can listen to what we recite and pay attention to what we are really saying. It was great in college to be comfortable with the person I was living with. And, I admit, for awhile I think I was comfortable with my faith. But I've tried to grow spiritually by reading the Bible more and learning about God's Word. I have grown and I don't think I'll ever go back to my old ways. --Chad Hershberger, Camp Mount Luther Director Closing: Make a pledge to do something in the next week to grow in your faith.
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