Gregory Irby

So, I was uploading different people's lessons from the year and from the dorm, and I realized that I had not uploaded my own.
The greatest thing that I have learned this year is the fact that God desires fellowship with us. When we read in I John, we read about living in the light. John uses the word "walking," a Greek idiom meaning the manner one conducts their life. The goal of walking in the light is not found in being holy, or even being like God. The goal of walking in the light is to be with God. We are told that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all, and that we can walk in the light and have fellowship with other Christians in the light. But, why is that possible? Because, as John tells us, our fellowship is with Him, Jesus Christ.
As these words rang in my mind, the Lord began to teach me that this was the reason for chastening. Why should we grateful for the chastening of the Lord? Because it is God's method of rmoving the darkness from our hearts and filling us with His light. All this, in a effort to draw us closer to Himself.
I love the Lord because He desires fellowship with us and will mold us to bring us unto Himself to eternally walk in the light, as He is in the light.