That kind of Attitude.

In a room of at least eight students, coping or trying to cope with every one of them is not a day job. Considering the facts that we are all different and from different backgrounds as well, different characters, orientation, beliefs and lots more, being compactible and getting along with almost everyone is like a big task ahead. Having to endure will only surface if there has been something you don’t like about a person and as a Christian there is really nothing you can do about it. Since I was admitted into the university along with my boarding school mentality where giving and sharing is something I don’t really involve myself with because it is a kind of environment where larger percentage of the population meets the demand of the school requirements; so I was thinking I would meet something of such in the university, fortunately for me it was the other way round; almost everybody in my room was always using one thing or the other that belonged to me, they were always sticking their noses into something that doesn’t concern them, always borrowing and collecting even without my permission and I was always scared of my things missing or finishing because I brought them for me, myself and I ... I got frustrated and tired because it was my first time and I did complain a lot, these of course was what I did often that my roommates started complaining that I complain a lot and fortunately for me it still didn’t change anything.Getting closer to the older students and learning from them, I realized I was not getting any closer to stopping these people from invading my privacy as I do say then because according to them complaining won’t solve anything instead it would bring them closer the more; so I resolved into taking actions, like the popular saying “action speaks louder than words”. I would always keep my locker locked and make sure anything that belonged to me was out of range so that my belongings would be intact and not flying around, these I did for some days feeling on top of the world. And to the glory of God it also didn’t work. After first semester I was already getting used to the new hostel lifestyle, although I still complained once in a while, I had started reading my bible and was already getting close to people in the fellowship, I was beginning to understand better what it takes to be Christian, I came across different bible scriptures such as Acts 20:35c ...it is more blessed to give than to receive, John 3:16 God giving His only son to die on a cross and many other bible scriptures. I learnt that you don’t need to develop a Christian kind of attitude to endure, it should come naturally. “By their fruit we shall know them” we have the fruit of the spirit which should be our life style and mode of living. The fact remains that everyone cannot be God like, Rom 8:14 says the true children of God are those who let God’s spirit lead them, there are those that would annoy, frustrate, provoke you, coping or enduring someone should not depend on the personality of the person rather it should depend on you, we should be able to love with the love of Christ. People will do things to you because you are a Christian; they also did terrible things to Jesus. As of right now, enduring, coping or trying to cope with roommates is a thing of the past, not that I am still not enduring but I just refuse to see that way. I careless about my roommates behavior because I have decided to take them as they are, I have choose to love them not considering their flaws because that was the way God decided to love us also overlooking our flaws and past sins. Deyemmi

In a room of at least eight students, coping or trying to cope with every one of them is not a day job. Considering the facts that we are all different and from different backgrounds as well, different characters, orientation, beliefs and lots more, being compactible and getting along with almost everyone is like a big task ahead. Having to endure will only surface if there has been something you don’t like about a person and as a Christian there is really nothing you can do about it. Since I was admitted into the university along with my boarding school mentality where giving and sharing is something I don’t really involve myself with because it is a kind of environment where larger percentage of the population meets the demand of the school requirements; so I was thinking I would meet something of such in the university, fortunately for me it was the other way round; almost everybody in my room was always using one thing or the other that belonged to me, they were always sticking their noses into something that doesn’t concern them, always borrowing and collecting even without my permission and I was always scared of my things missing or finishing because I brought them for me, myself and I ... I got frustrated and tired because it was my first time and I did complain a lot, these of course was what I did often that my roommates started complaining that I complain a lot and fortunately for me it still didn’t change anything.Getting closer to the older students and learning from them, I realized I was not getting any closer to stopping these people from invading my privacy as I do say then because according to them complaining won’t solve anything instead it would bring them closer the more; so I resolved into taking actions, like the popular saying “action speaks louder than words”. I would always keep my locker locked and make sure anything that belonged to me was out of range so that my belongings would be intact and not flying around, these I did for some days feeling on top of the world. And to the glory of God it also didn’t work. After first semester I was already getting used to the new hostel lifestyle, although I still complained once in a while, I had started reading my bible and was already getting close to people in the fellowship, I was beginning to understand better what it takes to be Christian, I came across different bible scriptures such as Acts 20:35c ...it is more blessed to give than to receive, John 3:16 God giving His only son to die on a cross and many other bible scriptures. I learnt that you don’t need to develop a Christian kind of attitude to endure, it should come naturally. “By their fruit we shall know them” we have the fruit of the spirit which should be our life style and mode of living. The fact remains that everyone cannot be God like, Rom 8:14 says the true children of God are those who let God’s spirit lead them, there are those that would annoy, frustrate, provoke you, coping or enduring someone should not depend on the personality of the person rather it should depend on you, we should be able to love with the love of Christ. People will do things to you because you are a Christian; they also did terrible things to Jesus. As of right now, enduring, coping or trying to cope with roommates is a thing of the past, not that I am still not enduring but I just refuse to see that way. I careless about my roommates behavior because I have decided to take them as they are, I have choose to love them not considering their flaws because that was the way God decided to love us also overlooking our flaws and past sins. Deyemmi

Attitude Of Gratitude

Ps 100:1-5 A psalm. For giving thanks. 100 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; Come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his a; We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Recently, I prepared a meal for myself and my roommates. (I do this often). Everyone ate the meal joyfully and happily and this made me happy as well because I was a blessing to them; But I can’t remember any of them saying a “thank you” or a “God bless you”, although I didn’t notice this until the next night when another roommate prepared a more delicious meal. Then I started hearing comments straight to my face how the meal I prepared last night was not delicious, I was told almost every flaws of the meal in the wrong way, as if that was not enough, they told me testimonies of how they gave the meal to outsiders because they could not finish it… and I was blank, couldn’t say anything, all I did was listen. Of course I felt very bad about the incident that night. I woke up the next morning with pains and hurts of the words of my roommates from the previous night, and then I put on my thinking cap, my thought were as follows: “After all the stress I went through Preparing a meal for these guys … They didn’t even ask for food o… I was just trying to be nice and this Is what I get back in return...? They are so ungrateful… “ During the course of my thought, the comforter (Holyspirit) stepped in, can you guess what He said... “That is how we humans hurt God too”. And I was speechless and thoughtless at the same time. These words comforted me and at the same time told me I was also guilty of the same offence. Then I kept myself in God’s position for some seconds and I was like so this is how I offend God every time I don’t thank Him, and when I complain also or even going to the extent of giving outsiders what God has given to me with the wrong heart and motives just like my roommates did. I’m sure God is more hurt and offended than I was because millions of people do this to Him on daily basis. I became gentle and immediately forgave my roommates even though they didn’t ask for it. I urge us today to have a heart of thanksgiving, we offend God every time He blesses us with what we ask for and did not ask for and we refuse to thank Him. Some of us even go to that extent of complaining. It is very wrong. We can’t receive more from God if we keep complaining. After all he has done, we are still so ungrateful. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving And his courts with praise; Give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations. Lastly, another very great act of ungratefulness and unfaithfulness is when we offend God by committing sin or living in sin, it simply means we are not grateful to Him for sending His only son to die for our sins and that is why we keep going back to those sins; repent today. Thank God for everything. Thank Him even when you don’t like the Nokia 3310 you are using. And remember not to complain or grumble unto God. Be thankful to Him also for sending His only son to die for your sins by running away from those sins. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Thank you.