A Reflection of the Weekend

I got to go home this weekend for the first time since I moved to Jacksonville. I forget how much I love Georgia and my hometown until I go back. I have such great memories from there. I love everything about that place. Not to mention I got to spend time with my family. My brother just started high school two weeks ago, so it was fun hearing him tell me about it. He goes to Mill Creek, like I did, and loves it so far! High school was the best time of my life, and I really hope he has as great an experience as I did. He is such a good brother, and makes his big sissy very, very proud :). I have great parents, too. I am so thankful for them and for everything they do for my brother and me. We always have so much fun whenever we're together. A weekend isn't long enough because I never feel like I get enough time with them.

While I was home for the weekend JSU was hosting Sorority Recruitment. I was in a sorority for 2 years, but just quit this summer. The organization I was in ROCKED IT OUT! They got their bid list, had awesome returns, and ended up with what seems is going to be a really awesome pledge class, and I am so excited for them. I do not regret the decision to quit because it really was the best choice for me, but I can't help but get a little nostalgic for my bid day and the exciting experience of joining a sorority. For the past two years I found a lot of my identity in being in a sorority, and it is also where I found a lot of my worth. Sororities are not bad in and of themselves, and for the most part I would say my experience was fairly positive, but I made it my lifestyle. I ate, breathed, and slept my organization, and as a result neglected the relationship I had with my Father. It took me a while to realize that I was serving my sorority the way I should have been serving my Lord. That is really embarrassing to admit. I needed to forgo membership in my sorority in order to reclaim the relationship I knew I should have been fostering with my God. Disclaimer: In no way am I saying everyone in a sorority has abandoned their relationship with God and should quit, but in my specific case it was what I knew I needed to do.

I learned a lot about people by being Greek, but I learned even more about my Savior and the importance of maintaining a thriving relationship with Him. Now I find my identity in Him, and He is showing me day by day the infinite worth I have in His eyes.

"I eagerly give up all my prized possessions, I unhesitatingly forgo the pleasure of my most intimate friendships, and, without reservation, I void all my greatest achievements for the amazing and priceless opportunity to intimately know, love, and serve my precious Redeemer, Jesus Christ." -Philippians 3:8