Two things on my mind today, both weighing quite heavily…
Today we (us Pembrokians) were told that Belmont has already admitted more students for next year’s freshman class than this year’s. The problem seems to be that Admissions and Residence Life are not on the same page. Admissions sees numbers, those big $$$ flashing in their eyes. They don’t consider asking Res Life what might Belmont’s housing capacity be. Information for our RD filtering down through our RA’s was that in Pembroke next year, they will be doubling single rooms and tripling doubles. I live in a double, and the largest double size in Pembroke at that. If they were going to triple any double, the rooms of my dimension would be the ones tripled, and I can testify that there is no way any third guy could live in here. Simply not gonna happen. This simply infuriates me because I am already paying $22,000 for bad caf food and living in a dorm with a 5 minute burn time, I shouldn’t have to put up with cramped living conditions just because Belmont is greedy. You know we’re not gonna see any kickback in the way of scholarships. A pool of $20,000 is simply not enough for scholarships for 900 music business students, especially if they’ve made it its own college and are expanding the listing of majors. It factors out to $22.22 per music business major. Ridiculous. More on this later…
The other main topic on my mind today is God, so let’s go ahead and get the cliché train rollin’. I just don’t seem to have enough time. And whenever I’m pressed for time, God’s the first thing to do. It’s not a conscious thing, I don’t actually think, “Boy, getting rid of God today would sure free up some time.” Maybe it’s because I know deep down that my relationship with Christ isn’t confined to a set-aside time of 15 or 30 generous minutes I give Him, it’s a continual interaction with my Lord. I do believe that such times are essential, crucial to a growth in knowledge. But that’s not it, that’s not the whole deal. Anyway, time management is going to be crucial this semester.
I criticize things about other denominations of Christianity, but in then end, all that matters is Christ in me. Praying to the Virgin Mary and various saints and treasuring relics as Holy with magical powers are wrong because they displace the focus from where it should be. Our ultimate goal is to emulate Christ, not someone else whom we deem as “worthy.” None are worthy but Him. But these things are easy for me to refute. I did not grow up Catholic or Episcopalian (grouping them only because they differ more than denominations I am familiar with), so they are not part of what I believe. Criticizing them is protesting a foreign government, it only in the slightest way affects me. What is important for me to do is to have Christ look deep inside and show me my own flaws and misconceptions. But then I cannot progress towards the likeness of Christ if I focus on the sin. Once I recognize it, my duty is to face Christ and not wonder what’s behind me. I clearly haven’t got it all figured out. Come back later when I do…
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