{"id":834,"date":"2008-06-01T15:44:21","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T22:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbcbeacon.wordpress.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2008-06-01T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2008-06-01T22:44:21","slug":"ben-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2008\/06\/01\/ben-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Ben Lee<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My college experience has truly been a time of trials and tribulations. It was difficult for me to gain a spiritually healthy perspective as to why I was being tested to such an extent, but I eventually learned to believe that God is sovereign and that He is good. Trusting God\u2019s good nature is the only reason I persevered, and it is also the only reason why I\u2019m here today.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the specifics of everything that I\u2019ve learned would take eternity for me to explain, so I will provide an abridged, yet encompassing version of my spiritual growth. I entered college as an unsatisfied, egocentric individual always arguing over petty matters and grouching about things that I didn\u2019t have. I leave now realizing that my sins created a thick veil, stymieing my view of God\u2019s blessings. I know now that I have loving parents who have financially bottlefed me for the past four years, that I have a Bible preaching church that loves to exhibit the gospel, that I have an arsenal of spiritual siblings who are willing to partake in this spiritual warfare, and best of all, that I have a covenant bond with God. My life is made and I thank God for everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite place in SD:<\/strong> Main Gym<br \/>\n<strong>Song that will define the era in 10 years:<\/strong> Hope<br \/>\n<strong>Favorite verse:<\/strong> James 1:12 and Matthew 6:33<br \/>\n<strong>Memory that stands out the most:<\/strong> Skating around campus at 3am with Goldberg 4508. You boys know who you are<br \/>\n<strong>Advice for collegians:<\/strong> God disciplines His children for their betterment so believe God is good and He molds you int His liking for your good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ben Lee My college experience has truly been a time of trials and tribulations. It was difficult for me to gain a spiritually healthy perspective as to why I was being tested to such an extent, but I eventually learned to believe that God is sovereign and that He is good. Trusting God\u2019s good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-graduation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}