This post has no special purpose other than to provide an update about my semester.
I believe the last time I did this I said, “Well, college is school so I mostly just study.” That holds true still. And I can’t imagine why anyone would want to be done in less than four years. Seriously, my life is a dream. My job is to read books, listen to lectures, write out paradigms, love my church, and hang out with friends.
I’m taking Greek I, Church History I, Religion in the Public Square, Introduction to Missions, History of the Bible, and voice lessons.
Greek is all that it is cracked up to be. We’re already nearly half-way through our text book. I feel like I’m breaking down the barriers between me and the text of the Bible. Church History and Religion in the Public Square (both with Chad Brand) are excellent. Dr. Brand is probably the most interesting lecturer that I’ve heard at Boyce. I’ve also enjoyed holing up in the library and ferreting out the source material surrounding our subjects. In Intro to Missions, I have appreciated Dr. Carlton’s seeming emphasis on the Bible as the basis for missions impulse and methodology. History of the Bible with Charles Draper is exceptional. We’ve mostly been studying the history of written communication. Lovin’ it.
I have great friends, both at church and at school. After having lived here a year, relationships are more comfortable. You especially bond with those you work through third declension consonantal iota stems with.
My relationship with Christ has been more alive than last year. I’ve switched my schedule so that I can read my Bible and pray at night instead of in the morning. It has helped a great deal. I’m thankful for that.
Yet, in the middle of all this, I have increasingly been feeling a sense of dissatisfaction. In a temporal sense, nothing could be better. But in an eternal sense, everything could be better–and will be. This is not my home. My home is a new heavens and new earth in which righteousness dwells. May God give us all a sense of dissatisfaction with this life. And may He soon bring the next.
