To whom much is given....

i've been realizing some things about myself lately, and why i feel so conflicted about the choices many of my friends make for their lives. to go to college, grow up, try to find a job you like and a person that loves you, get married, have a family, and then retire. to only seek to have the life that makes you happy. but is that enough?

no.

well, not in my opinion at least. me, i have to do something not only that makes me happy, but that betters the world and the people around me. is it too much to demand this of myself, and expect it of others?

i don't think so.

"to whom much is given, of him much more will be required, and to whom much was entrusted, much more will be demanded." luke 12:48

it reminds me of what was said to me at a recent function of an honor society. "go and ponder what you can still give, while there is still time." kindof a shocking comment, when you are surrounded by some of the best and brightest of this university's leaders who have already given so much to the community. yet we are not finished yet. we will never be finished. so you do your few weeks of mission work abroad one summer, maybe a year of service after you graduate, and then you get to spend the rest of your life selfishly planning for your own benefit? is that how it works?

no.

call me a socialist, but if you are given the opportunity of a college education, you should be doing more with it than just working to support your own happy life, raising a family and sitting on your wealth.

we are blessed not to bless ourselves, but that we might bless others through our lives and work.