With great freedom comes great responsibility

College is a time of freedom in many ways - a time of staying up late, meeting new friends from different backgrounds, possibly acquiring new vices, and exploring new ideas. You've got to make the transition from having other people hold you accountable for your actions to holding yourself accountable for them. Remember who you are: one bought by the blood of Christ so that sin might not reign in your body but that you might present it as an acceptable offering to God.

I didn't struggle so much in college with new and gross sins, but I did find myself freshman year becoming irresponsible in my use of time. I became fascinated by the new theological ideas that I was encountering in college and ended up studying them more than I did the material from my actual courses. I thought this was bringing me closer to God, but it was really just making me intellectually arrogant, since I thought that I had a better understanding of God than my peers. Ultimately, I ended up suffering both academically and personally for my irresponsibility.
Evan Donovan