I agree with the author's statement "I wanted more for you". I think that God wants that from everyone. No matter who you are and what your faith is God is always willing to give you another chance. We should live to glorify God and teach others about him. I believe that this quote applies to me a lot. I feel like I should be working more to live a better life for God. I always say that I'm a good Christian and do the right thing when people are watching. But, when people aren't watching I slip up and do things that would not glorify God. I continue to fall into the same temptation and can't seem to break out of the cycle. I need to find out a way to break out of my habits and use my gifts to praise God. I hope that I can find a way to share my faith with new people. Hopefully through going to Dordt I can find my calling and develop it through the programs here. I also hope that through Dordt I can grow a better relationship with God. I feel like this chapter is calling out lots of people because there are many people who act differently around certain people.

I feel like I am adapting to college very well. I am getting use to my classes and growing more in my faith. I am enjoying chapel and G.I.F.T which is helping me find out more about my reason for living. I am enjoying trying out new churches each week and finding one that suits me the most. I am also enjoying meeting new people and reforming old relationships. Because I am from the public school there are not that many people here from my school. So, I was excited when I was able to make new friends from other schools so quickly. I am also enjoying my work study, which is working at the front desk of the Recreation Center. I hope that can become more active in intramural sports or watching more varsity sports. I do have a few question though, the first question being, what are some good clubs to join to meet new people? Another question I have is, how do I create my schedule for next semester or declare what major I want to go into? My third question is, how much time should I spend doing homework or studying for tests? Because right now I am spending most of my days after class studying or finishing homework. Even after studying for most of the day, I still feel like I am not spending my time right, but maybe that's just college stress.

When we look around the world or even just around our town we can see many different religions. When I look around I see a lot of people worshiping money or possessions to satisfy themselves. People think that lots of money will make their lives better because they will be able to buy anything they want. The same thing happens with possessions, a person will buy or keep more than they need just because they want to own lots of items. People usually worship things because they might not be religious or they might do it without even knowing. I would say that I personally worship athletes, and video games. I would say that I worship athletes because of how big of a fan I am good athletes. When I played sports I always tried to play like them and take all the glory for myself and not give it to God. I also praise video games in a way that keeps me from spending more time with God through reading the Bible or worship. Even if it doesn't seem like I am praising the video games it is taking time away from God and discover my meaning in God. I hope that through my years here at Dordt I can find more ways to worship God, and how to better spend my time. I can already feel myself growing closer to God just by going to chapel and through my classes.