The Challenge

With the end of high school rapidly approaching I feel caught somewhere between elation and despair, for so long I have been simply longing to be free but now, with this reality looming I am starting to realise I will miss it, well perhaps not school but rather the people who are there. This realisation hit me when I nearly broke down reading the letter in regards to our leavers mass, like “oh my gosh I am actually LEAVING school the only thing that has been my constant for 13 years.”

No doubt I am certainly excited for NET and this new chapter in my life but as I begin to walk towards this amazing new journey I have decided I need to fully dedicate myself to my remaining weeks at school, this doesn't necessarily mean scholastically cause we all know how much I hate the work, but rather in what has been the theme of our senior year "to leave a legacy." A question that has been on my heart recently is have I been living enough for Christ, the one I'm so excited about being able to fully serve next year? The real question: "if someone met me would they leave me knowing I loved Christ, would they recognise me as a Christian?" I have to admit at school my answer would generally be no, sure in the past I have done things that set me apart from the crowd but it seems recently I have become complacent. The only way to reconcile this as far as I'm concerned is to go hard for Christ in my remaining time at school, to be a witness for his love, because if we who claim to love him don’t then no one else will.

My challenge to whoever is reading this is to make sure people know that you love Christ, to be a witness to his name, always. Especially to any leavers, like me, you won’t see the majority of these people again so why not make a fool of yourself for Jesus, he is the one who gave you the ability to do so, therefore we "should give to Christ what is Christ’s." I know I am going to do my best to stamp the legacy of Jesus’ love at school and I pray that you will take on this challenge with me.

AMDG