Wonderful Wednesday :-P

I feel like this past week I've been reflecting a lot on my goals for this coming spring/summer, and ultimately the rest of my life I guess. What Pastor Andrew said in Sunday's sermons about "making investments" really spoke to me.

Specifically, there are two passages from Ecclesiastes that have been sort of guiding these commitments:

"The lover of money will not be satisfied with money; nor the lover of wealth, with gain. This also is vanity." --Ecclesiastes 5:10
I deceive myself that so many other things will make me happy but in the end, no person or situation will produce everlasting happiness; only the lover of God will be fully satisfied. This guides my decisions because I know that no matter what commitments I make, my motivation should be to seek God; not to be focused on thinking accomplishing one thing will make me satisfied. This is a little rambly but hope it sort of makes sense!

"When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it." -Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
Seriously, how many times have I made a new commitment only to fail and come back with it again as if it's a totally new commitment. It really struck me when it said in this verse that it's better not to make the vow at all. I really need to work on following through on commitments!

So...here are my 5 goals (not all are specifically "church-y"):

1) consistent devotions--a) catch up on BRP; b) learn to really intercede for people
2) be more consistent/engaged in classes--which means being prepared with readings, reviewing notes, etc.
3) kill my ever-building to-do list/work on following through on commitments more quickly--there are things that have been on there for months and really need to just be done!
4) try to get outside of myself with meeting up with people more regularly and investing deeper in relationships--especially in my LG and with my new roommates
5) actively invest in my relationship with my father

This is already really long, but the basic update here is that work and class are going well, I'm getting to know two of my housemates a little more (although I've still only seen the third twice), and lg is going really well so far--we're ACE! Also, I'm going home this weekend!!! I'm really excited to see my family. I've seen my mom a few times but no one else in my family since February.