pressing thoughts

- that I really can't wait until June to post...

summer has started for most of us.

make use of it, especially when you don't have the typical academic stresses that weigh you down during your regular studies.

for some of us, our campus life has become the place of spiritual nourishment and we return to our own hometowns, looking at the four months as a time of ministry; open doors and an abundance of time for God to work in amazing ways.

for others, campus life has been the place for ministry, and upon returning home, it is now a time to be equipped and to strengthen the skills for aonther round of intense ministry on campus.

I'm not saying that you only do one or the other. Serving and growing goes hand in hand. I'm talking about your focus this summer, in light of the fact that you might possibly be living in another area that has the resources or the opportunities that are unique to that particular area. Terrible sentence, but you get what I mean.

If there has been ONE major thing I've learned in Health Sci so far, it is to set goals in what you are doing. ALWAYS. And then constantly going back to that goal throughout the 'term' and evaluating and adjusting appropriately. Reflection and self-evaluation are CRUCIAL...

Just as each of us set goals for the school year - we must set goals for the summer time as well. In fact, it is all the more important to have goals in the summer time, because you have a lot more time to decide what you want to do, but on the flip side, it is a lot more time that can be spent idling around, doing nothing, or taking a really long time to accomplish something.

Do you feel the urgency to do the work of the Lord? Do you feel the urgency to equip yourself appropriately to prepare for an upcoming ministry?

What do you see this summer as? Think about it. Words from the apostle Paul:

"Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. "

- Philippians 4:8-9