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I keep a lot of the little notes of encouragement that students leave on my desk to look at when times are tough. They\u2019re awesome:<\/p>\n

Hi J\u2026stay awesome. You are the coolest. Thanks for everything. I swear your prayers helped me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And indeed, when times are tough I need only look just beyond my computer to my bookshelf to see the affirmation of students. It\u2019s enough to lift me out of a funk. It\u2019s enough to keep me moving. These post it notes, and this is saying something, can be almost as effective as coffee when I need a kickstart to my day.<\/p>\n

These notes however have the potential to be deadly. I, being human, struggle a lot with pride. I struggle with the thought that I am in fact the coolest. That I am in fact awesome. I am tempted to run in this direction from time to time, which makes a much bigger deal out of ME than I could possibly be.<\/p>\n

And so I added a new post it note to my bookshelf:<\/p>\n

Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first line in the doxology seems particularly important. The blessings in my life aren\u2019t my own. They\u2019re not a result of hard work and dedication, hard work and dedication are the stewardship of blessing. I am not cool. Seriously, find my high school year book. I am not cool. I don\u2019t have all the answers. I don\u2019t know everything. My world is not perfect. And that\u2019s ok. God gives me all that I need to get through the day. God gives me all I need to survive.<\/p>\n

I want my life to be more of a living doxology. I want to walk down the street and have people know that I am living an act of praise. I want to be different. I want to be content. I want to live like I know where my blessings come from rather than brag about how many blessings I have. I want to be that guy. I want to be that guy around the kids I\u2019m honored to serve. I want to be that guy so much that they know what being that guy is like. I want to be a living doxology.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s with me?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jason Freyer is an MDiv student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary who is involved in youth ministry. Follow this link for more blog posts by Jason: http:\/\/www.j-blog.net\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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