Today I was walking on campus and heard a couple of guys talking. One guy said to the other “The first girl I ever had sex with…” and that’s all I heard. At first I was in shock that he blurted that out in public with about twenty other people around, but it got me thinking. I started to think about the students on the campus of MTSU and how confused and lost a majority of them are. Then my mind went a wild goose chase. One question after the other came to my mind. I asked myself: What kind of example am I being to others? God has me here at MTSU for a reason, what am I doing with the time He’s giving me? How many times have I passed up the opportunity to share Christ with someone? How many times have I ‘planted a seed?’ I don’t know, but one thing I do know is Christ told me to “go and make disciples” and that includes MTSU.
I have been asked many times by many different people: Do you know what country you are going to? If you go to seminary, where are you going? Etc. The answer to those questions is: I don’t know. When He’s ready, God will guide me in making those decisions and taking those steps. Today’s experience helped me realize that there is still much work to be done here in Murfreesboro and more specifically at MTSU. The statement the guy made was not a rare occurrence. I am reminded almost daily of the work that needs to be done there. In the words of Bluetree “Greater things have yet to come and greater things are still to be done in this city…”
With all of this being said, I am sick of sitting back and staying in my comfort zone. Christ never said the Christian life would be comfortable. I was recently presented with a challenge. A challenge I am going to call “40 days of puttting Christ back into Christmas.” The challenge is to tell at least one person a day about Christ for the forty days leading up to Christmas. Oh, and by the way I was challenged by a group of people that live in a country where it’s illegal to tell people about Jesus. I figured if they can do it, I definitely can.
So, I will leave you with the same challenge. Will you tell a person a day about Christ for forty days? It could be as simple as asking them why they celebrate Christmas. How hard could it be? Really...how hard? Not hardly hard. I hope you will at least consider it. That's all I have to say about that. Thank you for letting me share my heart with you this evening.
