Proverbs 4:23

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

I can handle any judgements made upon myself by others. I can handle any assumptions. I can handle being stereotyped and classified as something that I'm not and I can handle people assuming that I cuss, and party, and do other things that are looked down upon at this school. I can handle the possibility that Godly men out there may not see me as who I really am is because of who I'm "hanging around". I can handle all of that because I'm around people that need me in their life. I'm in a place most Christians dream of getting to. I'm "in the world", while being accepted and respected by those around me for not being "of it". But the one thing that I cannot let happen is being pulled under myself. I need to be diligent in guarding my heart. I need to make sure that my heart remains pure. I need to make sure that I am lifting them up and not getting pulled down in the process. I'm in a good place. I'm in the middle of where God has called me to be.

I ask that you pray for me. For Jesus to give me strength. To Give me the strength to be bold and strong and courageous and loving and meek and humble and patient and selfless. Jesus was mocked and spit on. People made assumptions about Him because He didn't always do the "religious" thing, and He wasn't always around the most highly and holy of people. So if that is what it means to follow Christ, I will accept that name as my own, just so long as He guards my heart, which is everything.