I’m now midway through the second week of classes. Class assignments and reading are starting to pick up. I read part of Plato’s Republic for Philosophy last night… it’s crazy how brilliant that guy’s mind was. I can’t even begin to dream of thinking or having knowledge like that guy. Crazyness! But classes are going well… I feel like I am slowly getting back into things and gaining a better grasp of what this semester is going to look like.

Do you ever have those days that you just want to sit down and do nothing? Ok, i’m not going to lie… I am kind of there right now. My mind is so crammed full of other thoughts and other things, it’s hard to be motivated to pick up Philosophy or Biology or Macroeconomics… goodness. It’s times like these that I really need words of encouragement or wisdom. Which is kind of funny, because my roommate just pointed me to another one of Oswald Chamber’s works. It’s called “Partakers of Grace.” Again, I wasn’t going to type it all out and out it on here, but I know that it was a huge encouragement and inspiration to me – so I thought I would share.

“Partakers of Grace”

by Oswald Chambers

“For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 RV

“No man can be saved by praying, by believing, by obeying, or by consecration; salvation is a free gift of God’s almighty grace. We have the sneaking idea that we earn things and get into God’s favour by what we do – by praying, by our repentance: the only way we get into God’s favour is by the sheer gift of His grace. The first thing we consciously experience is a sense of undeserving-ness, but it does take some of us a long while to know we don’t deserve to be saved. ‘I really am sorry for what I have done wrong; I really am sick of myself ‘ – if only I am sick enough of myself, I will be sick to death; I am driven to despair, I can do nothing; then I am exactly in the place where I can receive the overflowing grace of God. Click to continue »