I Miss Jesus

This semester, I have an overwhelming amount of information coming at me. The Wall Street Journal, political blogs, RSS feeds, not to mention textbooks. Professors are snatching up every last second of my life.

I live in a world where 95% of my colleagues are not saved and view education as top priority. This means that most of my time is spent taking in secular knowledge. I thoroughly love what I’m learning, but my intellect is increasing at the expense of my walk with the Lord. So much of my brain is in college that the rest is essentially useless. Focusing on the spiritual world is difficult when everyone else is focussed on knowing the physical world. My particular major is a very pragmatic and somewhat unemotional course of study, and doesn’t exactly work hand-in-glove with a Christ-centered worldview.

Time-management is a struggle for a great number of people, but it is imperative that I learn it quickly so I can spend more time with my Savior. I miss Him.

“Not only was the teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. The Teacher set out to find the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails–given by one Shepherd. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

Ecclesiastes 12:9-13