A little bit of character

Character as is mentioned in the handout written by Professor Corrigan, states that character goes beyond what people see, it is even more than how people live, act and or do. He later states that it is the process of our spiritual growth in which our day to day character is developed causing our true self to match in God. This semester has led me to believe just that. Not just from personal experience but also by listening to what my roommates, friends and peers have and are going through confirms God’s work in our live if we allow him to do as he chooses. I think the great emphasis on prayer campus wide falls hand in hand. It is through prayer and spending time with God that we are broken, humbled and then restored into what he has already designed. It is laying it all down before God and giving him the opportunity to mold our lives.

This reminds me of the house of cards C. S. Lewis mentions in A Grief Observed. Our lives should always be in that position- where our house is broken time and time again so that God may come in and rebuild just as it should be. That we may never become so sure of ourselves that we no longer give God the opportunity to remove or rearrange things as he pleases, but may our hearts be humbled. Recently someone shared with me that it is through humbling life experience that we are truly humbled. This same person is the president of an organization, and as I listen to the experiences they go through as a leader they always conclude that it has been because of the time they spend in solitude with God that keeps them going. This person expressed that its has been through those difficult and sometimes embarrassing experiences where God has broken their pride, selfishness, where he has broken who they thought they were and began to show them what they are supposed to be. May we always have a willing heart allowing him do to with us as he wants to.

That’s just the little bit of my understanding of character. As I write this post and reread the handout I’m beginning to realize how complex character truly is, maybe one day I’ll fully understand.