Dordt has a business consultant profiling students for our public relation funding currently and I have had the honor of being her photography assistant.
I learned how to think fast and innovatively, take charge, and be efficient in my portrait photography.
However, I also was in the ideal environment to have journalism experience. A huge part of the profiling is interview...watching the consultant interview, interact, and extract the story was huge for me.
Amazing confirmation that I love what I'm doing here at Dordt.
On another note...
I've been thinking about selfless love a lot--I know, I know, drastic shift. Bear with me.
Something that hit me was that the hardest part about selfless love is that in doing so, you give up the right to ask for it in return. Last year I asked God to teach me what it meant to love with a selfless Christlike love...and man oh man, He's definitely given me opportunities to learn. It might be trial and error...but the things I have learned will last me for my whole lifetime. It's a constant growing process--one that takes a soft and surrendering heart with each new morning.
I've noticed that the hardest part for me is the lack of reciprocation. What do I do when I'm pouring Christ's love out and not getting any in return? Placing my security, comfort, and strength in God will result in a fill that will never be drained. There's some days when I'm so focused on Christ and what He is doing in my life and the lives around me that I feel as though I can't pour out fast enough--it's simply the overflow of what God is pouring into me! Sometimes the hardest part is knowing how to place all of our insecurities, worth, and desires in our Savior.
I'm going to end this with a challenge; a challenge as much for me as for you:
Throughout your day, ask yourself "What does Christ's love look like in this situation?" Be quiet for a while, and God might reveal it to you.
As Christians, we are blessed to be a blessing.
Peace.
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