06/01/2026
"In college I would spend significant time every week/end trying to “fill myself up”, to be satisfied in life. It was working to some degree, but the pleasures and satisfaction of the world don’t last. My efforts were ultimately exhausting, and what was “filling me up” would just as quickly, drain right through me.
In the true surrender of my plans, and saying “Yes” to the Lord, I’ve been blessed to become more deeply integrated into the peace, freedom, and joy that comes with doing God’s will in my life.
There are still hard days at seminary, but when I come back to the chapel, I know the peace of Christ that undergirds it all. I know He’s been there with me, He’s with me now, and I know He’s not going to leave me high and dry. That’s the peace the world cannot give."
-Dcn. Charles Bemiss
Master of Divinity