"The nature of human beings is to be inactive unless influenced by some affection: love or hatred, desire, hope, fear, etc. These affections are the "spring of action," the things that set us moving in our lives, that move us to engage in the activities." 

-Johnathan Edwards

My life at ETBU has been changed because of affection. I have been loved so deeply by my savior that has become my "spring of action." The desires I have are all birthed from the things of my Heavenly Father- which, are all things. I understand that he desires to make all things new, and is in a constant state of redemption. The influence of his affection in my life has given me a passion for the things that I used to despise. For example, my GPA has seen some really bad days in my early collegiate years- and it still has its bad days. But the same love that I has been showered on me, I now have for the things of the world- I long to know more and more about all that surrounds me: process, theory, communication, history- so that I might know how to love more effectively. This semester more than ever, I am in love with my education, anxious to dig through my textbooks and to fill spirals with notes. 

Thank you, Jesus, for showing your power through my new love for education.