The game is rigged. You can’t make it on your own. What do you do?
Enjoy this short video by my friend Derek Joseph. You can subscribe to his video podcast here. Thank your Father for His grace today! He did the hard work for you.
So you’re headed to college, huh? That’s an exciting time. There’s lots of things you’ll learn quickly, like:
- After you meet your roommates, you’ll realize why they told you to bring shower shoes.
- The “Freshmen 15″ is not a myth. Give those cuties you met at orientation a 16-week wait to see what 3 lbs. of chicken fingers a day will do.
- Your room does not clean itself. At home I have this thing that sweeps up, does laundry, and eliminates all messes automatically. I called it Mom. Turns out they don’t sell it at Wal-Mart.
- You want to be ambitious your first semester and wake up early and pick early classes. That lasts all of…one semester.
- That thing you were good at in high school? There’s about 3,700 people majoring in it who are better at it than you.
- You thought being 10 hours away from home wouldn’t be too bad until you watch your parents leave to make the trip home without you.
You’re going to be exposed to new faces, unfamiliar places, fresh ideas—yet it’s easy to get caught just following the crowd. College is tough sometimes. It can be a very lonely place, especially for a Christian. Several recent studies show that about 70% of Christian freshmen heading off to a secular college fall away from their faith in less than 16 weeks! They probably thought they had everything under control. But with new temptations, antagonistic professors, and unexpected peer pressures, they became just another statistic.
We believe you were made for something bigger than that. We want you to experience God in ways you never imagined. We don’t want you to just survive college; we want you to thrive. You have an opportunity to make a difference that will last for eternity.
Let me give you my top 3 tips for making sure college is a great experience for you:
Read MoreMost colleges just started classes several days ago. Let me share with you 2 emails from Bill Haller, the advisor of one of our newest BASIC groups at Binghamton University.
Hey Todd, BU has something called University Fest the weekend before classes start (which is today). Student groups can set up their info and make themselves known to the student body. Of course we were there representing BASIC. We gave out over 1000 of the postcard things we got at Propel [the BASIC leadership conference] with our meeting info and facebook page, as well as invitations to our free pizza and volleyball event tomorrow. There were 53 people who gave contact info on our general interest sheet and we are organizing rides for church already.
Here’s a beautiful poem I found by David Weatherford, a child psychologist. P.S. Go to his website for the finest midi music your ears have ever heard.
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight,
or gazed at the sun fading into the night?
You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.
