What will you do?

Last night was the exiting students dinner. A great night to catch up with people before we all head off, if tinged with sadness - hard to believe that 4 years of college is really over.

John Woodhouse posed the question to us in the leaving address: When you leave this place, what will you do?

He reminded us that it was all to easy to answer that question really quickly, full of the tasks that are ahead of us in the exciting ministries we are heading into. But he challenged us to stop and think - for our time here at college had not been about learning the bible better or getting better equipped to serve God first and foremost. Rather, we had the privilege of growing in our love and knowledge of our great God- Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

He took us to Colossians 1:28 'Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.' Knowing God, through His Son and by the Spirit is the only thing that will sustain us for life. Growing in our love and appreciation of Him is what should characterise us. Am I a person who is characterised by my proclamation of Jesus because of my relationship with Him?

I am so thankful for my time here at college, where I have been taught by godly men who have shared their lives with us as they have taught us to know more about our great and gracious God. I am thankful for the pastoral heart of the lecturers, not satisfied for us to know more but wanting us to live out what we know, radically transformed by the love that the Father has shown to us in His son.

I will miss college.