Inadequacy

Today was the first praise chapel. I always get a bit choked up when I hear everyone singing. Although I always look forward to Fridays when we sing together, I am never fully prepared by the beauty of the voices and the obvious spirit of the students engaged in praising their God. It puts a lump in my throat and often a tear in my eyes. Luckily, we turn the lights out and I can fully feel the experience without embarrassment.

​It also helps to keep one humble as you reflect on all the lives that God has put together in this place and how they will change each other during the year. Part of that humility is the feeling of inadequacy that one gets encountering both the holy God who works in our lives individually and in this place collectively; and the ineptness that I bring to my job. God is able to do so much more than we are able to ask or imagine and has blessed this place beyond our feeble abilities and efforts.

Today we sang "I will not boast in anything, no gifts, no power, no wisdom: But I will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection. 
"Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer; But this I know with all my heart-His wounds have paid my ransom."

I stood in front of Soren. Her beautiful voice came from behind me. She lifted my spirits and my day with her passion and her talent. Either without the other would have not had the same effect. Thank you Soren for being in my life and inspiring me today.

God please continue to bless York College more than we deserve.

Go Panthers