A thought from my car

Somewhere along in my frustrations of the week, I've realized that I've gotten lazy. Not the kind of lazy where I sit at home watching tv instead of doing my homework or skipping class to sit out on my porch, but the kind where I'm just doing enough to get by. These days if I get a little stressed or overwhelmed, I act like my world is crashing down. I felt that way on Monday but when I went to bed I remember thinking I had a really crappy day, but why? Because I was a little stressed? Because my research class requires a little bit more of me than I'm willing to give? This won't apply to everyone, but I think that if we (especially college kids) get a little overwhelmed with school or work or social events, it's because we're lazy. We don't want to put forth the effort that whatever we're doing requires. But God says do things that aren't normal. Do things better and bigger than they would normally be done. Study a little bit more to get an A. Have coffee with the person that needs to talk to you even though your day is non-stop. I've been serving our youth ministry at MC for almost 3 years now and lately I've done just enough to get by. Just enough to cover our sunday school lesson if I even teach it anymore. I only read for class when I think my professor will ask me about it. Ok, I never have been/never will be an overacheiver, so I am in no way suggesting we all become one. But in my attempt to share my personal convictions with you, maybe we could all use a little dose of effort. These thoughts just didn't pop into my head because I've been feeling bad lately about something I didn't do. Nope, these thoughts come from driving down the road and thinking about how lazy Jesus was, which was not at all. He went to the cross so maybe I could study for that extra hour to pass a health quiz. If He were to preach to me about Passion I think it would slap me in the face. Having passion for something means putting everything you have towards it and making it EPIC and giving a crap. I want that for EVERYTHING that I do. I don't think passion is limited. A lot of us Christians (me) have big plans of changing the world but we don't want to get out of bed and go to work in the morning. We don't want to study and be good at our careers because it takes too much of our time. We need a precious 9 hours of sleep instead of hanging out with someone that we could potentially influence. I'm ready to get rid of all that thinking. I want God's work ethic.