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was well past sunset when I arrived at my old college dorm that Friday
for an overnight visit with friends. Like clockwork, the TV was turned
off when I walked in the door. I was stunned. I had moved out a year
and a half ago, but my college roommates still remembered. They passed
up the rowdier uptown bars in favor of the quieter Bob Evans for dinner,
and the giggling stopped early enough that I could get up for church
services the next morning.
Granted,
they don't really understand why I do what I do. There was the Friday
night they invited 10 or so friends over to watch movies because they
felt bad about leaving me home alone. And I recall the time my music
sorority dubbed its Christmas gift exchange a "holiday" event with the
hope that I could participate.
A cheesy saying tells us that college is supposed to be the best time of our lives. I admit, my only regret about college was that I couldn't stretch it out a little longer. There are ways to stay Christian on a college campus without feeling like an outcast.
I don't claim to know all of them, but I did challenge my friends, professors and even the university president over the years, and with God's blessings I came out on top.
God established His laws for His entire creation, and that creation doesn't end at campus's edge. If we waver from the Sabbath or the Holy Days once, there's less ground to stand on the next time our professor tells us we can't make up a test that falls during the Feast. If you take a firm stance from day one, they won't be able to say, "Well, you made an exception before; why not now?"
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