Monday, November 23, 2009

Family

With Thanksgiving coming up, everyone is all giddy and excited for seeing their family back home again. When I was a Freshman at Purdue, I hated it here. Purdue was one place on earth that I did not want to be at. I missed my mom, dad, sisters, and grandma. There was no one here at Purdue for me. All my friends from my high school went to Urbana Champaign or the University of Chicago. I missed everyone so much! God, why did you place me in this deserted place?

But family isn't so hard to come by even if you are at a place like Purdue (No offense ^^). As time passed, God placed these people in my lives.

I met my first small group leader at at AAA callout. He was handing out Cornerstone bookmarks in front of the classroom of the callout. Man, as I look back at it now, this guy had balls (Holy balls). And this is how I started going to Cornerstone because of a weirdo passing out Cornerstone bookmarks at an AAA callout.

God has really shown me so much over these past years through my time here at Purdue and my time at Cornerstone. I've met all types of people, both good and bad. But God has really taught me to love these people; love them as my own, you know, like a family.

John 17:23 says, "I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."

This verse was from Jesus' prayer for all believers that we may come in unity and reflect Jesus' love upon each other. And I have learned just that :)

Now that I'm leaving for Chicago, I'm gonna miss my family here at Purdue. Really, really. I use to say, "I'll never call Purdue my home!" But home is really where the family is and because of God, I have many :D

Praise the Lord!

Amen!

1 comment:

Rachel D Kim said...

Awwe I know exactly what you mean! c: Have a good break!