Mind of a Christian

An Update

Hey guys, Ethan here. I'm sorry I missed you on Christmas and New Years, but I hope those two holidays went great for you!

A lot of things happened between my last update and today. I didn't exactly celebrate Christmas or New Years properly, as in with great adoration for how good God is, and how grateful I should be. That's definitely my fault and I'll strive to do better throughout this year, including Christmas 2018 and New Years 2019.

Honestly, I should be in a grateful spirit every day. I think today is a good day to really start being consistent with that again.

There's something I must share, and that requires a little back story. So here's the back story:

I know a few homeless people around the city where I go to college. The first one I met is a man we'll call M. I met him August 2017, when I commuted for the first time in the semester by train (it was my second school day I think, and on the first day I took the bus). I saw M at the train station and decided to help him get food and give him company. I regularly saw him throughout the past semester.

Recently, I went through the most frustrating and difficult time of my life. I'm no longer going to help M.

It's been really rough trying to help M. He does make me go out of my way to help him. And you know what? That's perfectly fine. Doing God's work is not easy, especially when He wants it done differently than how I want it done. And I knew that, but it was sometimes still hard for me to not feel like helping M was a burden.

But my relationship and work with M has come to a point where he can no longer benefit from my help. It's come to the point where if I try to help him, it won't do him any more good. M isn't taking advantage of me or anything, it's just that he chooses not to receive and make the most out of my help.

It's a story I'd rather not publicly elaborate on further. Sorry for being vague.

So I guess I have to move on. I'll start writing more on here again, since Mind of a Christian has really helped me grow in my faith. It's gotten me excited about the God of Israel. I don't want to stop helping the homeless outright, so I'll choose another person who I think I can help as well as share the gospel with.

Again, sorry for missing out on greeting you during Christmas and New Years. I guess I had to take a break, but now I'm back. Expect more from me soon.

Cheers :)