Jonathan Edwards

Your passion for Christ should impact your studies because you should be doing everything as if you are doing it for him. In my case, I don't really care for school. I don't like studying or going to class or spending thousands of dollars every semester on something that I don't like. But God has given me the opportunity to further my education. Not everybody has that opportunity. So I do school with my whole heart because I know that God has put me here for a reason. Likewise, my studies here at ETBU help me grow closer to God because I have to rely on him to get me through the classes and because he has blessed me even more with the choice of getting to learn about him in school. So, my teachers and classes encourage me on my walk with God. I'm not sure if my spiritual life represents a life marked by intellectual rigor because I'm not self motivated when it comes to learning new things in school. I'm motivated by Christ. Because of that, though, I feel as though my spiritual life could and does reflect a life that has been touched by passionate pursuit. My schooling isn't about me at all. It's about him.