Tonight I had dinner with mic(Chris's life group last year) and all of their LCG's
It was a good time to just talk to some people I normally do not talk to and get to know them a little better. Towards the end, Julie decided to have all of the sophomores give freshmen advice, the juniors sophomores, the seniors juniors, and then freshmen seniors(what the da bien?!)

Through it all I learned a lot but one piece of advice in particular was so... profound xD
Authority is not given, it is asked for.
On one hand this does not apply to me at all and the other hand it does. The basis of this piece of advice is to not going speaking into people lives and rebuking them for messing up. They may be messed up and need a lot of advice, but I have no authority to tell them that advice. Before talking to them, I have to build a relationship with that person and have them ask for my help. If I go on without their permission, rebellion sets in.

Being a freshmen, I never see myself as an authority figure so in that sense, this advice means nothing to me(at the moment). But on the other hand I can learn and apply this to my life a lot. Back home at my church, there are a lot of younger kids that don't know the awesomeness of Jesus. Even among my peers, there are those who are lost. If I see something that I know I can help with. I need to build a relationship with that person, become vulnerable myself, and pray to God that they allow me to help and that God will provide me with the right words to say.


In other news, my knee has a nasty bruise today :D
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