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