I have a problem. It is January and I am already anxious for May! I am ready for the sun and the pool and the freedom to walk out of my house without a jacket! I have spring fever and I have it badly.

Just as I have been so fixated on summer I have also found myself looking forward to the future in my spiritual life. I have been missing what God is doing in the present and I have recently discovered how exciting the present really is. God is moving in big ways through day to day things and it’s happing right now! I just look at what God has been doing in our student ministry and I am taken back, not only because it’s awesome, but because God is allowing me to be a part of it. I am learning it’s the small things in life that truly change the world. In Matthew, Jesus tells us the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. So it’s the one on one coffee with a student, the hug I gave them on Sunday morning, or a simple text or call throughout the week that shows them how loved and worthy they are. And when they know how loved and worthy they are they then can show that same love to others spreading God’s kingdom throughout the earth! This is a big thing done in small ways! You don’t have to be prefect or wait to have your life in order. You just have to love people the way God loves you in your day to day life. I am seeing our students grasp this concept more and more and teaching others how to love this way. It’s a beautiful thing and I am so honored to be a part of it!

Emily Wood

Fuse-Summerlin