Preparing for Battle

Woah... so before I go on to the main portion of this blog entry, I just gotta say: waking in BC is amazing. I am in awe of what God has made, and it makes me wonder how anyone can deny His existence. But then again, the reason people deny God is because they don't want to live a life in submission to Him. It's more comfortable that way (or so they think).

Preparing for Battle

The past few days have been a whirlwind of activity: touring Vancouver, watching a live performance of White Christmas (which was amazing), eating more new foods in one time than I've had in who-knows-how-long, visiting my new Sista's, attending a variety of events, and fighting to add some sense of order into my chaotic new room (that battle's half-over), but the battle that the title speaks of is something completely different...

Today John took me on a tour of my new school (which is absolutely beautiful, by the way). At one point he needed to take a restroom break, so I just read random notices on the wall. Then I noticed the school clubs (Clubs created to help give a sense of belonging to the students). There was basically a club for each area of study (i.e. library club, theatre arts club, etc.), and only a few extra clubs on top of that. Do you know what those clubs were? A gay club and an athiest club! Okay, I'll admit I completely expected there to be a gay club (sad)... but an athiest club? Do athiests really need to share what's going on in their lives with one another, encourage one another to press deeper into godless lives, all the while giving thanks to random chance (thanks, Kris)? It just seems weird for there to be a club devoted to people who DON'T believe in something. It'd be like me starting a club for people who don't believe in Unicorns. Perhaps I'm being too harsh, but it shocked me. What shocked me further was that there was NO Christian group. While Christianity is never popular in University, you can still usually find a Christian group of some sort within the school. Nothing. So strange. But then another thought started budding in my brain "You should start one". I dunno... I'll pray about it. Perhaps God wants me to start a Christian club to help fellow believers in the school connect and encourage one another. Either way, seeing those clubs reminded me of what a University can be like and that I need to start preparing for battle.

Love you all!