“What do you have to lose?”
“Everything.”
“What do you have to gain?”
“...everything.”
This is the conundrum that I think most students encounter when they come face to face with our faith. It’s costly to be a person of faith... our resources, our talents, our lives no longer belong to ourselves, but to God. Yet at the same time we gain the peace, companionship, and love of an Amazing Supernatural Father. My biggest “advice” to students is simply to pose the question... “What do you have to lose?” It’s a question I ask myself daily when I feel selfish, anxious, angry, fearful. And I am made to confront the anemic state of my faith. And in that confrontation, I am offered a trade - to trade my anemia for hope, a hope in God. I pose the question so that students might see not only what they’re clinging to, but also the hope they receive if they let go.
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