A Wake Up Call.

Over half the students that were Christ followers before entering college will walk away from their faith once entering college. That means about one out of every two kids will turn away from God in one of the most difficult and changing times of their life.

This statistic is a bit of a wake up call. I don't think that I was in the process of walking away from God, but I do think I was starting to get a little too comfy putting him in that box.

I think the biggest reason us college students who are Christ followers have a difficult time continuing our relationship with God is because we become easily consumed by the world. Entering college means entering a whole new social scene, with new standards that need to be met and new people that we want to approve of us. Partying replaces praying, and Sunday suddenly becomes the only day to actually catch up on sleep.

My newest goal on my list of things to do outside of my comfort zone is to try to not be of this world. By that I mean that I don't want to be influenced by the things on this earth. I want to be less focused on what people think of me, and more centered on what I want to do with my relationship with God. So that is my next goal on my list of things to do outside my comfort zone. Item one on the list (finding a new church) will hopefully be checked off after Sunday...going to test out my first new church and hopefully I'll love it!

I'll be sure to keep you posted :)