{"id":305255,"date":"2019-08-08T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-pressure-of-finding-purpose\/"},"modified":"2019-08-08T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:00:04","slug":"the-pressure-of-finding-purpose","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-pressure-of-finding-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pressure of Finding Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus minister Shelby Abbott talks about some of the stressors students face in today&#8217;s culture. While stress is a natural part of college life, social media can make it worse. 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Here\u2019s Shelby Abbott.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>A lot of students\u2014I\u2019ve found\u2014ask the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s God\u2019s will for my life? What does God want me to do?\u201d I think it\u2019s one of those questions that is asked from a good heart, but in reality it\u2019s the wrong question. It\u2019s not, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d it\u2019s more, \u201cHow does my life fit into God\u2019s will?\u201d It\u2019s not necessarily making yourself the hero of the story. There is already One hero; Jesus is His name.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, August 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson, and I'm Bob Lepine. How can we help college-age young men and women get their arms around the big questions facing them in life and in their faith? We\u2019ll talk with Shelby\u00a0 Abbott about that today; stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I was growing up, I remember my mom saying to me\u2014she was excited for me to go to college, and she said, \u201cYour college years are going to be the best years of your life. You\u2019ll meet your best friends there, it\u2019s going to be\u2014\u201d What she was really saying was, \u201cMy college years were the best years of my life.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I got to college and I thought, \u201cIf this is\u2014\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>\u201cThis is it?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cIf these are the best of years of my life, life\u2019s not headed in a really great direction at this point.\u201d I think a lot of college students today do walk on the college campus with expectations about what those years are going to bring.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I think a lot of parents have said those exact same words to a lot of their kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Then they find that there\u2019s really some stress or challenges\u2014you\u2019re smiling. Did you say those to your kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I think you said that, Dave.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I liked my college experience.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, you\u2019re the star quarterback!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>It was fun!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Exactly! Who doesn\u2019t like that? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>After two days, my freshman year, you know we\u2019re there before the students, I called my mom and I said, \u201cI want to come home. I can\u2019t do this, I hate this\u2014\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because the workout was tough?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes, it was just my first time alone. So I do remember four years, and I do have a positive experience, but man, I was ready to go home. I\u2019ll never forget\u2014she said, \u201cI ain\u2019t picking you up, and you\u2019re not coming home. So figure it out. See you later!\u201d Click.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>And I had to figure it out\u2014I mean, she was a loving, wonderful mom, but she was like, \u201cThat\u2019s not an option. They\u2019re paying for your education to play football\u2014you\u2019re playing football, and you\u2019re going to like this.\u201d And I figured it out, you know. You sort of have to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I went four hours away from home. I didn\u2019t know one person at the University of Kentucky. I was miserable for the first four months\u2014so miserable\u2014I would go to Bob Evans every Sunday\u2014by myself\u2014and have, like, three breakfasts.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s sad!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you put on the freshman\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Thirty.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ooh!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes, by Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seriously.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes. I was miserable.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>She was awesome. That\u2019s when I was dating her, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>He didn\u2019t even recognize that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think moms and dads have a full appreciation today of the pressures that college students are facing on the college campus, in part because it\u2019s a whole different set of pressures than we faced. I mean, I had the pressure of, \u201cA paper\u2019s due on Friday,\u201d or, \u201cHow do I make my schedule work?\u201d It\u2019s a whole new level for young people today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s just limited to college, either. I think middle school kids feel it. I think elementary school kids feel it at times\u2014and especially high school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, Shelby Abbott is joining us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Thank you! It\u2019s great to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Shelby is a part of Cru staff, works with high school and college students, he\u2019s an author, he\u2019s a speaker, he\u2019s done standup comedy, he\u2019s written a book called <em>Pressure Points: A Guide to Navigating Student Stress<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDid you experience student stress?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Oh, of course. I think every college student does. They go through it in multiple ways. But I went to Virginia Tech, where at the time the enrollment was like 26,000 students. Going to my freshman psychology 101 class, there were 650 people in there, sitting in that auditorium and watching the professor, looking around and going, \u201cI\u2019m going to be okay. I\u2019m going to be okay.\u201d It just felt good to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt wasn\u2019t that small class, where I felt connected\u2014it was this large, giant auditorium where I was like, \u201cEverybody\u2019s in this together.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yes, I think pressure is one of those things that\u2019s a natural part of college life, and I think today students deal with pressure in ways that previous generations have not had to go through\u2014namely, where we\u2019re at in this day and age with social media, technology, phones. This constant \u201cconnection\u201d to people has raised the stakes when it comes to pressure in their lives that they deal with on a minute-by-minute basis.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Talk about that, because when you started with the social media, I thought, \u201cWell, it could be an escape, it could be a way to deal with pressure. You have somebody to talk to, somebody to text, somebody to get feedback from.\u201d But you\u2019re saying it\u2019s negative. Why?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s not only one or the other\u2014I think it\u2019s a both\/and. There\u2019s a tremendous amount of positive things where it can find groups of people that you wouldn\u2019t have been able to do before. You can communicate lightning fast, you can get responses from people, which is great. All of that stuff is great. I\u2019m not anti-technology, at all, in any way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what it does, though, is there\u2019s a constant window into what\u2019s happening out there, and you\u2019re getting real-time feedback. I think everybody\u2019s saying the world today is way worse than it used to be\u2014I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s 100 percent certain. It ebbs and flows. I just think we have information access to everything that happens in almost-real time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Consequently, the anxiety goes up, the stress goes up, and then with social media in particular, when you\u2019re looking at other people doing certain things and living an Instagram lifestyle, you think that their life is perfect, their life is wonderful. They\u2019re having so much great connection with people. \u201cWhat about me? Why am I not?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr your friends are posting stuff, being out doing something together, and you weren\u2019t invited. Then all of a sudden you\u2019re like, \u201cWhy don\u2019t they like me?\u201d\u2014so I think in those ways it has a tendency to raise stress and anxiety. Those things were always there, but we\u2019re just more keenly aware of it now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes. Your point in the book, <em>Pressure Points,<\/em> is that it can actually be something that\u2019s good, right? Talk about that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, I think those kinds of things\u2014when it comes to pressure and anxiety, obviously there\u2019s good stress and then there\u2019s distress, and distress is one of those things that can lead to anxiety and worry, all those kinds of things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut if you\u2019re going through stress in general\u2014when you work out a muscle, you break it down and it builds up stronger. You break it down and it builds up stronger. I think that needs to happen socially as well. When we\u2019re experiencing hurt or things that are difficult, it breaks us down and we\u2019re able to build back up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, of course the difference with college students who are Christians is something that is way different, and I think it\u2019s a type of subset of American college students that wrestle with a lot of the same things, we just have a tendency to put a Jesus spin on things and not address the real problems\u2014namely, the gospel, the truth of the gospel, how Jesus transforms our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNot just, \u201cOne day we\u2019ll be with Him,\u201d but, \u201cHow is He with us right here, right now? How does the gospel change my perspective on the normal, everyday anxiety I\u2019m experiencing? How does it help me deal with those things in a way that is honoring to the Lord and makes me stronger in the Lord?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo those are kind of the things I talk about there. There\u2019s good stuff that builds you up and makes you stronger, but also being able to lean into Jesus in a way that other students don\u2019t have the opportunity to do because they don\u2019t know Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Talk about the Jesus spin. I think I know where you\u2019re going, I think I\u2019ve seen it\u2014I\u2019ve probably done it. What do you mean?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>When someone goes through a hard time, we have a tendency to be like, \u201cOh, Romans 8:28\u2014God works for the good of those who love Him.\u201d Well, that\u2019s true\u2014it\u2019s definitely true. But when someone\u2019s going through\u2014\u201cJust failed a test,\u201d \u201cHey, I just broke up with my boyfriend or girlfriend,\u201d \u201cMy mom is going through cancer,\u201d\u2014I don\u2019t want to hear platitudes right now. I want someone to live life with me, to cry with me, to throw their arm around me, to go buy me breakfast at Bob Evans. I want a friend to be with me to show me the love of Jesus, not just communicate truth and cold comfort.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, there is a place, there\u2019s a time and a place for all of that. I believe that we need to live biblically in those kinds of ways, but Christians think sometimes they have to have just the right answers and the right answers will put a fix on those things\u2014when in reality you\u2019re just trying to put band-aids on huge gashes in people\u2019s lives. It can come across as almost insensitive and offensive if you\u2019re throwing religious platitudes at people and not helping to address some of the real problems, because Jesus is with us in those problems.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ann talked about Bob Evans every Sunday, alone, eating the buffet. Is that still the case for a lot of college students, where this loneliness is a big part of the pressure they\u2019re experiencing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Oh, absolutely. My dad was in the Air Force, so I went\u2014my freshman year we were in Virginia, while my dad was stationed at the Pentagon. My sophomore year I was in Montgomery, Alabama. My junior we were in Great Falls, Montana; and then my senior years my parents and my sister moved to Central America while I stayed behind and lived with a different family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That\u2019s hard.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>So I experienced four different things in high school\u2014which are very formative years. When I got to Virginia Tech, I literally knew nobody\u2014not one person there. In fact, when we arrive on campus the Saturday before classes started on Monday, we stopped at the info booth to ask where my dorm was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>I showed up to my dorm and my roommate was a sophomore, by God\u2019s grace, and he showed me where my classes were on Monday. After classes on Monday I went to find out where my Tuesday\/Thursday classes were. So I felt very, very alone. \u201cI\u2019m the only person in the world right now. Everybody else knows what they\u2019re doing, and I don\u2019t\u201d\u2014but when we think, \u201cOh, it\u2019s just us,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s not just us. <em>Everybody<\/em> is thinking and feeling it in a certain way, it\u2019s just whether or not they have the veneer of confidence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So if you\u2019re sending off a son or a daughter who\u2019s about to be a freshman in college and you\u2019re giving them a strategy, what\u2019s your advice to them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>They\u2019re going to\u2014initially\u2014need to plug into some sort of student campus ministry\u2014if they\u2019re a follower of Jesus. That\u2019s one of the best things that you do. The Christian life was never meant to be lived in isolation\u2014ever. If you\u2019re feeling lonely or even if you\u2019re not lonely\u2014regardless of what you\u2019re feeling\u2014you need to get plugged into a body of believers who preach the Scriptures and who provide an opportunity to fellowship with other believers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Find out if Cru\u2019s on the campus, join up with them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, find out if Cru\u2019s there. There are tons of other campus ministries that could be there. There are tons of churches who run campus ministries in the area as well, and I think it\u2019s one of those important things that you do, because then you have an opportunity to not only grow in your relationship with God, you grow socially, you grow in opportunities to learn how to share your faith\u2014I know Cru does that a lot. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe teach people how to share their faith and be a part of the solution when it comes to helping fulfill the Great Commission. I loved my experience being involved\u2014I was involved with Cru initially and the Navigators, when I was a freshman, and then eventually I chose the ministry of Cru, and that\u2019s who I came on staff with.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI became a believer January of my freshman year, so I was involved with the student ministry before I was even a Christian. I finally recognized, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever made this decision to become a follower of Jesus before.\u201d So I did that\u2014and when I did that my whole world changed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That\u2019s exactly my story, too. I got really involved with Cru. I was amazed\u2014this person came to my dorm room and discipled me, which I thought, \u201cThis is amazing!\u201d Went to a fall retreat and got to know so many people, and that became my social circle. It really is life-changing, because I started to see my college experience as more than just learning\u2014which is important\u2014but also reaching people with the gospel of Jesus. That really changed everything. We ended up coming on staff with Cru as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>When you\u2019re a student, you start to ask larger questions. When you get out of high school and you start thinking and doing things on your own, when you can eat your meals whenever you want to, when you can put on whatever clothes you want to and shower whenever you want to\u2014it can lead to bad places\u2014but in general, you start to make your own decisions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when you go to a campus ministry, you\u2019re not going because your mom and dad want you to go. You\u2019re going because you actually want to be there, and then you inevitably start asking deeper questions about your life, like, \u201cWhat does God want from me? What am I supposed to do? What is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d You start asking questions like that\u2014I\u2019ve heard that a number of times.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat does God want me to do? Where does God want me to go? Who does God want me to date? Where am I supposed to go in my future? What kind of job am I supposed to have?\u201d The book addresses a few of those things\u2014to help you ask the appropriate questions\u2014and then follow after what the Lord calls all of us as followers of Him to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, because that\u2019s another source of stress or pressure. As young people start to think, \u201cOkay, what is God\u2019s purpose for my life? What am I supposed to do?\u201d now they can get all locked up in, \u201cHow do I figure this out? How do I know God\u2019s will? How do I know that this is God\u2019s will? Am I doing the right thing?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow do you help coach young people with those questions?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>You know what\u2014that\u2019s in the book, isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Let\u2019s hear about it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>A lot of students\u2014I\u2019ve found\u2014ask the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s God\u2019s will for my life? What does God want me to do?\u201d I think it\u2019s one of those questions that is asked from a good heart, from a good perspective\u2014but in reality it\u2019s the wrong question. It\u2019s not, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d it\u2019s more, \u201cHow does my life fit into God\u2019s will?\u201d It\u2019s not necessarily making yourself the hero of the story. There is already One hero\u2014Jesus is His name, and the Bible constructs a narrative of that from Genesis to Revelation, that it\u2019s all about Jesus. So, \u201cHow do I fit into what God is already doing?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen you ask the question appropriately, your heart gets aligned to not only find out what the story is by digging into the Scriptures more\u2014which is a value added\u2014but it also helps you to understand that God will use me, He wants to use me, and He wants to be in relationship with me\u2014because it\u2019s all about <em>Him<\/em>. It\u2019s not necessarily about me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we make sure that people ask the question appropriately, and I want to make sure that people are asking good questions as they\u2019re going. But then, in the daily life of, \u201cHow do I handle the void in life?\u201d Sometimes there are things where it\u2019s like, \u201cI just feel empty and\u2014even though I am a Christian\u2014I want to run to places that I used to run to when things start to get difficult.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This isn\u2019t just for college students.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>No, no, no\u2014not at all!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>This is any age.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, and I\u2019ve written this primarily to college students because it\u2019s such a unique point in someone\u2019s life\u2014but high school students can definitely benefit from this as well, because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>And adults!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Like the 40-year-old mom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes. Perhaps. If you\u2019re 40 years old\u2014like me\u2014and you want to read it, more power to you\u2014but yes, handling the void is one of those things that we look back to who we used to be when we were young and silly and went to instant gratification lifestyle. People who are in the quarter-life crisis or the midlife crisis\u2014and even college\u2014they look to those things, and they regress back to what used to make them feel good instead of moving forward into deeper levels of maturity\u2014especially maturity with the Lord.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of running to your old habits and your favorite coping mechanisms of the past, moving deeper into your relationship with God\u2014which is hard work\u2014it\u2019s difficult to do that. It\u2019s difficult to offer yourself to Jesus and say, \u201cYou can do with me whatever You want to do.\u201d That is vulnerable and it\u2019s terrifying\u2014but it\u2019s the best place in the world to be\u2014because it\u2019s in the very center of God\u2019s palm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I can remember a moment in my college career where I got a sense of God\u2019s call for my life, and the long story short is I get in a football Bible study, which I didn\u2019t even realize at the time was led by a Cru student\u2014not a staff member, senior student, married, had a heart for athletes; leads this Bible study, starts meeting with me weekly to disciple me. The first time in my whole life\u2014I\u2019m a junior. Opens the Word of God, shows me what\u2019s in the Word of God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget\u2014he says, \u201cHey, we have a meeting\u2014Cru meeting\u2014Thursday nights, such-and-such hall\u2014you need to come.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay.\u201d You won\u2019t believe this\u2014the first time I go, by myself, I walk in and I\u2019m looking for Bill\u2014my student leader; right? Can\u2019t find him, sit in the back. It\u2019s sort of weird to me\u2014I\u2019ve never been part of church, I just became a Christian a couple months before\u2014I\u2019m 20-something years old. The guy gets up after they sing and says, \u201cTonight is evangelism night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m like, \u201cWhat\u2019s that mean?\u201d He goes, \u201cPair up with another person, go to the dorms for a couple hours, share the gospel, come back, and we\u2019ll tell stories about it.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cI\u2019m out!\u201d I just got up and I started walking out. I\u2019m like, \u201cI\u2019m going back to my dorm. This is weird,\u201d you know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBill comes running over and he goes, \u201cHey, where you going?\u201d I go, \u201cDude, I\u2019m not into this thing. I\u2019m brand new at this.\u201d He goes, \u201cYou go with me.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d He goes, \u201cYou go with me\u2014you don\u2019t need to say a word, just pray. I\u2019ll show you.\u201d I go, \u201cOkay\u2014we\u2019ll go.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget this\u2014we ended up in a dorm room talking to a guy\u2014and I don\u2019t say a word. I sit there, just\u2014I\u2019m supposed to pray, so I\u2019m praying and Bill\u2019s sharing the gospel with him. It\u2019s really good. We\u2019re ten minutes in, this guy looks over at me, and he keeps looking at me, and he goes, \u201cHey!\u00a0 You\u2019re the quarterback of our football team! You\u2019re Dave Wilson, right?\u201d I go, \u201cNope.\u201d [Laughter] I was like, \u201cI do not want to be identified with this whole thing\u2014\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know him.\u201d It\u2019s like Peter\u2019s denial.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Did you never confess that it was you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I honestly said no. Bill thought I\u2019m joking. \u201cOh, that\u2019s funny, Dave! Yes, he\u2019s the quarterback.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay.\u201d He goes, \u201cYou\u2019re with this thing?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cUh, yes. Sure.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cPlease, please take it back.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what happened\u2014Bill leads this guy to Jesus. I watch it. I remember laying in my dorm room bed that night realizing, \u201cGod has a bigger story than my little story, and maybe I\u2019m supposed to be a part of that.\u201d Because I knew this\u2014what I witnessed there was eternal. I\u2019d never been a part of anything worth anything\u2014I\u2019m playing football\u2014who cares, right? This was something big! I\u2019m like, \u201cMaybe God wants to use my life to do what Bill did,\u201d\u2014and here I am. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was that moment in college where I sensed what you\u2019re talking about. It was a moment that says, \u201cThis is a calling that\u2019s for every believer, and I\u2019m going to be a part of it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>It helps to create a purpose in your life in a way where it\u2019s not just about you, because if you\u2019re thinking about you being the hero of your own story\u2014which is a very culturally relevant thing today\u2014making yourself just the servant in the background of what Jesus is already doing is a very biblical yet anti-cultural thing today\u2014but it\u2019s truly the only way to live, because that\u2019s where we find true life\u2014is in serving Jesus and allowing Him to work through us in ways that we see people\u2014like what you\u2019re saying\u2014come to know Him, just in front of our eyes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>College students aren\u2019t the only ones dealing with, \u201cWhat\u2019s my purpose? What am I here for? Am I doing what God wants me to? What\u2019s His will for my life?\u201d but certainly there\u2019s a concentrated group of folks on college campuses who are wrestling with this\u2014some of them for the first time. To have your guidance and what you\u2019ve offered in the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>, this is something invaluable for those students.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I would think, for college students to go through this book together in a small group\u2014take, what? Six weeks? Eight weeks?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>There are three different sections\u2014and you can kind of speed through some more quickly than others\u2014but there are discussion questions at the end of every chapter or kind of reflection questions; you can do it by yourself, you could do it in a small group, you could do as a study going through\u2014even with co-ed kind of groups. It really is one of those things that we tried to design\u2014my publisher and I tried to design it\u2014for kind of a jack of all trades to help people not only admit that there\u2019s stuff going on in their lives, but we can deal with things in a biblical, gospel-centered way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. If somebody\u2019s involved in campus ministry and they want a great study to take young people through, or if you have a son or a daughter on the college campus, get a copy of the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>. We have it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can order it from us online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014look for the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>, by Shelby Abbott. Or you can call to order\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, as I think about our sons and daughters heading off to college, really this is part of the release phase of parenting. When we were putting together the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> video series, which we released last year along with the movie \u201cLike Arrows\u201d that was in theaters, our focus was on helping moms and dads prepare for that release point, which can be hard for us as parents. We\u2019ve been very encouraged over the past 12 months by the response to the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> video series, not just here in the United States, but worldwide. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had more than 350,000 people who have started going through this content, and in Central and South America it has really had an impact. We translated both the movie \u201cLike Arrows,\u201d\u2014now \u201cComo Flechas,\u201d\u2014into Spanish, and <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> is also available dubbed in Spanish. We\u2019ve had more than 150,000 people go to theaters to see the film in Central and South America, and <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> groups have been starting as a result.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur goal over a three-year period is to see more than a million people impacted by this content in the top languages around the world. In fact, we\u2019re starting now to translate <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> into Arabic and Mandarin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRecently we had some friends of the ministry who were hearing about not only <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> but all we\u2019re doing here at FamilyLife, and they said, \u201cWe want to see this take off. We want to see it accelerate.\u201d They agreed that they would give us 500,000 dollars <em>if<\/em> we could get <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners to match that amount.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we\u2019re asking you if you would\u2014during the month of August\u2014make a donation, knowing that whatever donation you\u2019re able to make, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to that total of 500,000 dollars. This is a great opportunity to see the work of FamilyLife expanded\u2014the outreach go farther\u2014and you can help make that happen when you make a donation today. You can donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a thank-you gift, we\u2019d like to send you a copy of Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s book <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em>. You can keep that for yourself or pass it on to someone else as a gift. Again, that\u2019s our way of expressing our appreciation for your partnership with us in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and for helping us take advantage of this matching gift during the month of August.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we hope you can join us back again tomorrow, when Shelby Abbott will be here again. We\u2019re going to talk about the stress that comes from living in an instant gratification culture, and how we can help young people navigate that. Hope you can join us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. 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While stress is a natural part of college life, social media can make it worse. Abbott also addresses the stress of discerning God's will.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2019-08-08.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>One of the sources of anxiety and stress for college-age young people is thinking about the future and about what they should be doing with their lives. Here\u2019s Shelby Abbott.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>A lot of students\u2014I\u2019ve found\u2014ask the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s God\u2019s will for my life? What does God want me to do?\u201d I think it\u2019s one of those questions that is asked from a good heart, but in reality it\u2019s the wrong question. It\u2019s not, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d it\u2019s more, \u201cHow does my life fit into God\u2019s will?\u201d It\u2019s not necessarily making yourself the hero of the story. There is already One hero; Jesus is His name.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, August 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson, and I'm Bob Lepine. How can we help college-age young men and women get their arms around the big questions facing them in life and in their faith? We\u2019ll talk with Shelby\u00a0 Abbott about that today; stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I was growing up, I remember my mom saying to me\u2014she was excited for me to go to college, and she said, \u201cYour college years are going to be the best years of your life. 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Did you say those to your kids?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I think you said that, Dave.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I liked my college experience.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, you\u2019re the star quarterback!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>It was fun!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Exactly! Who doesn\u2019t like that? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>After two days, my freshman year, you know we\u2019re there before the students, I called my mom and I said, \u201cI want to come home. I can\u2019t do this, I hate this\u2014\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because the workout was tough?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes, it was just my first time alone. So I do remember four years, and I do have a positive experience, but man, I was ready to go home. I\u2019ll never forget\u2014she said, \u201cI ain\u2019t picking you up, and you\u2019re not coming home. So figure it out. See you later!\u201d Click.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>And I had to figure it out\u2014I mean, she was a loving, wonderful mom, but she was like, \u201cThat\u2019s not an option. They\u2019re paying for your education to play football\u2014you\u2019re playing football, and you\u2019re going to like this.\u201d And I figured it out, you know. You sort of have to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I went four hours away from home. I didn\u2019t know one person at the University of Kentucky. I was miserable for the first four months\u2014so miserable\u2014I would go to Bob Evans every Sunday\u2014by myself\u2014and have, like, three breakfasts.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s sad!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you put on the freshman\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Thirty.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ooh!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes, by Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seriously.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Yes. I was miserable.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>She was awesome. That\u2019s when I was dating her, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>He didn\u2019t even recognize that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think moms and dads have a full appreciation today of the pressures that college students are facing on the college campus, in part because it\u2019s a whole different set of pressures than we faced. I mean, I had the pressure of, \u201cA paper\u2019s due on Friday,\u201d or, \u201cHow do I make my schedule work?\u201d It\u2019s a whole new level for young people today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s just limited to college, either. I think middle school kids feel it. I think elementary school kids feel it at times\u2014and especially high school.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, Shelby Abbott is joining us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Thank you! It\u2019s great to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Shelby is a part of Cru staff, works with high school and college students, he\u2019s an author, he\u2019s a speaker, he\u2019s done standup comedy, he\u2019s written a book called <em>Pressure Points: A Guide to Navigating Student Stress<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDid you experience student stress?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Oh, of course. I think every college student does. They go through it in multiple ways. But I went to Virginia Tech, where at the time the enrollment was like 26,000 students. Going to my freshman psychology 101 class, there were 650 people in there, sitting in that auditorium and watching the professor, looking around and going, \u201cI\u2019m going to be okay. I\u2019m going to be okay.\u201d It just felt good to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt wasn\u2019t that small class, where I felt connected\u2014it was this large, giant auditorium where I was like, \u201cEverybody\u2019s in this together.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yes, I think pressure is one of those things that\u2019s a natural part of college life, and I think today students deal with pressure in ways that previous generations have not had to go through\u2014namely, where we\u2019re at in this day and age with social media, technology, phones. This constant \u201cconnection\u201d to people has raised the stakes when it comes to pressure in their lives that they deal with on a minute-by-minute basis.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Talk about that, because when you started with the social media, I thought, \u201cWell, it could be an escape, it could be a way to deal with pressure. You have somebody to talk to, somebody to text, somebody to get feedback from.\u201d But you\u2019re saying it\u2019s negative. Why?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s not only one or the other\u2014I think it\u2019s a both\/and. There\u2019s a tremendous amount of positive things where it can find groups of people that you wouldn\u2019t have been able to do before. You can communicate lightning fast, you can get responses from people, which is great. All of that stuff is great. I\u2019m not anti-technology, at all, in any way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think what it does, though, is there\u2019s a constant window into what\u2019s happening out there, and you\u2019re getting real-time feedback. I think everybody\u2019s saying the world today is way worse than it used to be\u2014I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s 100 percent certain. It ebbs and flows. I just think we have information access to everything that happens in almost-real time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Consequently, the anxiety goes up, the stress goes up, and then with social media in particular, when you\u2019re looking at other people doing certain things and living an Instagram lifestyle, you think that their life is perfect, their life is wonderful. They\u2019re having so much great connection with people. \u201cWhat about me? Why am I not?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr your friends are posting stuff, being out doing something together, and you weren\u2019t invited. Then all of a sudden you\u2019re like, \u201cWhy don\u2019t they like me?\u201d\u2014so I think in those ways it has a tendency to raise stress and anxiety. Those things were always there, but we\u2019re just more keenly aware of it now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes. Your point in the book, <em>Pressure Points,<\/em> is that it can actually be something that\u2019s good, right? Talk about that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, I think those kinds of things\u2014when it comes to pressure and anxiety, obviously there\u2019s good stress and then there\u2019s distress, and distress is one of those things that can lead to anxiety and worry, all those kinds of things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut if you\u2019re going through stress in general\u2014when you work out a muscle, you break it down and it builds up stronger. You break it down and it builds up stronger. I think that needs to happen socially as well. When we\u2019re experiencing hurt or things that are difficult, it breaks us down and we\u2019re able to build back up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, of course the difference with college students who are Christians is something that is way different, and I think it\u2019s a type of subset of American college students that wrestle with a lot of the same things, we just have a tendency to put a Jesus spin on things and not address the real problems\u2014namely, the gospel, the truth of the gospel, how Jesus transforms our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNot just, \u201cOne day we\u2019ll be with Him,\u201d but, \u201cHow is He with us right here, right now? How does the gospel change my perspective on the normal, everyday anxiety I\u2019m experiencing? How does it help me deal with those things in a way that is honoring to the Lord and makes me stronger in the Lord?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo those are kind of the things I talk about there. There\u2019s good stuff that builds you up and makes you stronger, but also being able to lean into Jesus in a way that other students don\u2019t have the opportunity to do because they don\u2019t know Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Talk about the Jesus spin. I think I know where you\u2019re going, I think I\u2019ve seen it\u2014I\u2019ve probably done it. What do you mean?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>When someone goes through a hard time, we have a tendency to be like, \u201cOh, Romans 8:28\u2014God works for the good of those who love Him.\u201d Well, that\u2019s true\u2014it\u2019s definitely true. But when someone\u2019s going through\u2014\u201cJust failed a test,\u201d \u201cHey, I just broke up with my boyfriend or girlfriend,\u201d \u201cMy mom is going through cancer,\u201d\u2014I don\u2019t want to hear platitudes right now. I want someone to live life with me, to cry with me, to throw their arm around me, to go buy me breakfast at Bob Evans. I want a friend to be with me to show me the love of Jesus, not just communicate truth and cold comfort.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, there is a place, there\u2019s a time and a place for all of that. I believe that we need to live biblically in those kinds of ways, but Christians think sometimes they have to have just the right answers and the right answers will put a fix on those things\u2014when in reality you\u2019re just trying to put band-aids on huge gashes in people\u2019s lives. It can come across as almost insensitive and offensive if you\u2019re throwing religious platitudes at people and not helping to address some of the real problems, because Jesus is with us in those problems.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Ann talked about Bob Evans every Sunday, alone, eating the buffet. Is that still the case for a lot of college students, where this loneliness is a big part of the pressure they\u2019re experiencing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Oh, absolutely. My dad was in the Air Force, so I went\u2014my freshman year we were in Virginia, while my dad was stationed at the Pentagon. My sophomore year I was in Montgomery, Alabama. My junior we were in Great Falls, Montana; and then my senior years my parents and my sister moved to Central America while I stayed behind and lived with a different family.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That\u2019s hard.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>So I experienced four different things in high school\u2014which are very formative years. When I got to Virginia Tech, I literally knew nobody\u2014not one person there. In fact, when we arrive on campus the Saturday before classes started on Monday, we stopped at the info booth to ask where my dorm was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>I showed up to my dorm and my roommate was a sophomore, by God\u2019s grace, and he showed me where my classes were on Monday. After classes on Monday I went to find out where my Tuesday\/Thursday classes were. So I felt very, very alone. \u201cI\u2019m the only person in the world right now. Everybody else knows what they\u2019re doing, and I don\u2019t\u201d\u2014but when we think, \u201cOh, it\u2019s just us,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s not just us. <em>Everybody<\/em> is thinking and feeling it in a certain way, it\u2019s just whether or not they have the veneer of confidence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So if you\u2019re sending off a son or a daughter who\u2019s about to be a freshman in college and you\u2019re giving them a strategy, what\u2019s your advice to them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>They\u2019re going to\u2014initially\u2014need to plug into some sort of student campus ministry\u2014if they\u2019re a follower of Jesus. That\u2019s one of the best things that you do. The Christian life was never meant to be lived in isolation\u2014ever. If you\u2019re feeling lonely or even if you\u2019re not lonely\u2014regardless of what you\u2019re feeling\u2014you need to get plugged into a body of believers who preach the Scriptures and who provide an opportunity to fellowship with other believers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Find out if Cru\u2019s on the campus, join up with them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, find out if Cru\u2019s there. There are tons of other campus ministries that could be there. There are tons of churches who run campus ministries in the area as well, and I think it\u2019s one of those important things that you do, because then you have an opportunity to not only grow in your relationship with God, you grow socially, you grow in opportunities to learn how to share your faith\u2014I know Cru does that a lot. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe teach people how to share their faith and be a part of the solution when it comes to helping fulfill the Great Commission. I loved my experience being involved\u2014I was involved with Cru initially and the Navigators, when I was a freshman, and then eventually I chose the ministry of Cru, and that\u2019s who I came on staff with.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI became a believer January of my freshman year, so I was involved with the student ministry before I was even a Christian. I finally recognized, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever made this decision to become a follower of Jesus before.\u201d So I did that\u2014and when I did that my whole world changed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That\u2019s exactly my story, too. I got really involved with Cru. I was amazed\u2014this person came to my dorm room and discipled me, which I thought, \u201cThis is amazing!\u201d Went to a fall retreat and got to know so many people, and that became my social circle. It really is life-changing, because I started to see my college experience as more than just learning\u2014which is important\u2014but also reaching people with the gospel of Jesus. That really changed everything. We ended up coming on staff with Cru as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>When you\u2019re a student, you start to ask larger questions. When you get out of high school and you start thinking and doing things on your own, when you can eat your meals whenever you want to, when you can put on whatever clothes you want to and shower whenever you want to\u2014it can lead to bad places\u2014but in general, you start to make your own decisions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, when you go to a campus ministry, you\u2019re not going because your mom and dad want you to go. You\u2019re going because you actually want to be there, and then you inevitably start asking deeper questions about your life, like, \u201cWhat does God want from me? What am I supposed to do? What is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d You start asking questions like that\u2014I\u2019ve heard that a number of times.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhat does God want me to do? Where does God want me to go? Who does God want me to date? Where am I supposed to go in my future? What kind of job am I supposed to have?\u201d The book addresses a few of those things\u2014to help you ask the appropriate questions\u2014and then follow after what the Lord calls all of us as followers of Him to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, because that\u2019s another source of stress or pressure. As young people start to think, \u201cOkay, what is God\u2019s purpose for my life? What am I supposed to do?\u201d now they can get all locked up in, \u201cHow do I figure this out? How do I know God\u2019s will? How do I know that this is God\u2019s will? Am I doing the right thing?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow do you help coach young people with those questions?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>You know what\u2014that\u2019s in the book, isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Let\u2019s hear about it!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>A lot of students\u2014I\u2019ve found\u2014ask the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s God\u2019s will for my life? What does God want me to do?\u201d I think it\u2019s one of those questions that is asked from a good heart, from a good perspective\u2014but in reality it\u2019s the wrong question. It\u2019s not, \u201cWhat is God\u2019s will for my life?\u201d it\u2019s more, \u201cHow does my life fit into God\u2019s will?\u201d It\u2019s not necessarily making yourself the hero of the story. There is already One hero\u2014Jesus is His name, and the Bible constructs a narrative of that from Genesis to Revelation, that it\u2019s all about Jesus. So, \u201cHow do I fit into what God is already doing?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen you ask the question appropriately, your heart gets aligned to not only find out what the story is by digging into the Scriptures more\u2014which is a value added\u2014but it also helps you to understand that God will use me, He wants to use me, and He wants to be in relationship with me\u2014because it\u2019s all about <em>Him<\/em>. It\u2019s not necessarily about me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we make sure that people ask the question appropriately, and I want to make sure that people are asking good questions as they\u2019re going. But then, in the daily life of, \u201cHow do I handle the void in life?\u201d Sometimes there are things where it\u2019s like, \u201cI just feel empty and\u2014even though I am a Christian\u2014I want to run to places that I used to run to when things start to get difficult.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This isn\u2019t just for college students.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>No, no, no\u2014not at all!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>This is any age.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes, and I\u2019ve written this primarily to college students because it\u2019s such a unique point in someone\u2019s life\u2014but high school students can definitely benefit from this as well, because\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>And adults!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Like the 40-year-old mom.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>Yes. Perhaps. If you\u2019re 40 years old\u2014like me\u2014and you want to read it, more power to you\u2014but yes, handling the void is one of those things that we look back to who we used to be when we were young and silly and went to instant gratification lifestyle. People who are in the quarter-life crisis or the midlife crisis\u2014and even college\u2014they look to those things, and they regress back to what used to make them feel good instead of moving forward into deeper levels of maturity\u2014especially maturity with the Lord.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of running to your old habits and your favorite coping mechanisms of the past, moving deeper into your relationship with God\u2014which is hard work\u2014it\u2019s difficult to do that. It\u2019s difficult to offer yourself to Jesus and say, \u201cYou can do with me whatever You want to do.\u201d That is vulnerable and it\u2019s terrifying\u2014but it\u2019s the best place in the world to be\u2014because it\u2019s in the very center of God\u2019s palm.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I can remember a moment in my college career where I got a sense of God\u2019s call for my life, and the long story short is I get in a football Bible study, which I didn\u2019t even realize at the time was led by a Cru student\u2014not a staff member, senior student, married, had a heart for athletes; leads this Bible study, starts meeting with me weekly to disciple me. The first time in my whole life\u2014I\u2019m a junior. Opens the Word of God, shows me what\u2019s in the Word of God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget\u2014he says, \u201cHey, we have a meeting\u2014Cru meeting\u2014Thursday nights, such-and-such hall\u2014you need to come.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay.\u201d You won\u2019t believe this\u2014the first time I go, by myself, I walk in and I\u2019m looking for Bill\u2014my student leader; right? Can\u2019t find him, sit in the back. It\u2019s sort of weird to me\u2014I\u2019ve never been part of church, I just became a Christian a couple months before\u2014I\u2019m 20-something years old. The guy gets up after they sing and says, \u201cTonight is evangelism night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m like, \u201cWhat\u2019s that mean?\u201d He goes, \u201cPair up with another person, go to the dorms for a couple hours, share the gospel, come back, and we\u2019ll tell stories about it.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cI\u2019m out!\u201d I just got up and I started walking out. I\u2019m like, \u201cI\u2019m going back to my dorm. This is weird,\u201d you know?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBill comes running over and he goes, \u201cHey, where you going?\u201d I go, \u201cDude, I\u2019m not into this thing. I\u2019m brand new at this.\u201d He goes, \u201cYou go with me.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d He goes, \u201cYou go with me\u2014you don\u2019t need to say a word, just pray. I\u2019ll show you.\u201d I go, \u201cOkay\u2014we\u2019ll go.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget this\u2014we ended up in a dorm room talking to a guy\u2014and I don\u2019t say a word. I sit there, just\u2014I\u2019m supposed to pray, so I\u2019m praying and Bill\u2019s sharing the gospel with him. It\u2019s really good. We\u2019re ten minutes in, this guy looks over at me, and he keeps looking at me, and he goes, \u201cHey!\u00a0 You\u2019re the quarterback of our football team! You\u2019re Dave Wilson, right?\u201d I go, \u201cNope.\u201d [Laughter] I was like, \u201cI do not want to be identified with this whole thing\u2014\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know him.\u201d It\u2019s like Peter\u2019s denial.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Did you never confess that it was you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>I honestly said no. Bill thought I\u2019m joking. \u201cOh, that\u2019s funny, Dave! Yes, he\u2019s the quarterback.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay.\u201d He goes, \u201cYou\u2019re with this thing?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cUh, yes. Sure.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cPlease, please take it back.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what happened\u2014Bill leads this guy to Jesus. I watch it. I remember laying in my dorm room bed that night realizing, \u201cGod has a bigger story than my little story, and maybe I\u2019m supposed to be a part of that.\u201d Because I knew this\u2014what I witnessed there was eternal. I\u2019d never been a part of anything worth anything\u2014I\u2019m playing football\u2014who cares, right? This was something big! I\u2019m like, \u201cMaybe God wants to use my life to do what Bill did,\u201d\u2014and here I am. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was that moment in college where I sensed what you\u2019re talking about. It was a moment that says, \u201cThis is a calling that\u2019s for every believer, and I\u2019m going to be a part of it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>It helps to create a purpose in your life in a way where it\u2019s not just about you, because if you\u2019re thinking about you being the hero of your own story\u2014which is a very culturally relevant thing today\u2014making yourself just the servant in the background of what Jesus is already doing is a very biblical yet anti-cultural thing today\u2014but it\u2019s truly the only way to live, because that\u2019s where we find true life\u2014is in serving Jesus and allowing Him to work through us in ways that we see people\u2014like what you\u2019re saying\u2014come to know Him, just in front of our eyes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>College students aren\u2019t the only ones dealing with, \u201cWhat\u2019s my purpose? What am I here for? Am I doing what God wants me to? What\u2019s His will for my life?\u201d but certainly there\u2019s a concentrated group of folks on college campuses who are wrestling with this\u2014some of them for the first time. To have your guidance and what you\u2019ve offered in the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>, this is something invaluable for those students.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I would think, for college students to go through this book together in a small group\u2014take, what? Six weeks? Eight weeks?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Shelby: <\/strong>There are three different sections\u2014and you can kind of speed through some more quickly than others\u2014but there are discussion questions at the end of every chapter or kind of reflection questions; you can do it by yourself, you could do it in a small group, you could do as a study going through\u2014even with co-ed kind of groups. It really is one of those things that we tried to design\u2014my publisher and I tried to design it\u2014for kind of a jack of all trades to help people not only admit that there\u2019s stuff going on in their lives, but we can deal with things in a biblical, gospel-centered way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. If somebody\u2019s involved in campus ministry and they want a great study to take young people through, or if you have a son or a daughter on the college campus, get a copy of the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>. We have it in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can order it from us online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014look for the book <em>Pressure Points<\/em>, by Shelby Abbott. Or you can call to order\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, as I think about our sons and daughters heading off to college, really this is part of the release phase of parenting. When we were putting together the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> video series, which we released last year along with the movie \u201cLike Arrows\u201d that was in theaters, our focus was on helping moms and dads prepare for that release point, which can be hard for us as parents. We\u2019ve been very encouraged over the past 12 months by the response to the <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> video series, not just here in the United States, but worldwide. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had more than 350,000 people who have started going through this content, and in Central and South America it has really had an impact. We translated both the movie \u201cLike Arrows,\u201d\u2014now \u201cComo Flechas,\u201d\u2014into Spanish, and <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> is also available dubbed in Spanish. We\u2019ve had more than 150,000 people go to theaters to see the film in Central and South America, and <em>Art of Parenting<\/em> groups have been starting as a result.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur goal over a three-year period is to see more than a million people impacted by this content in the top languages around the world. In fact, we\u2019re starting now to translate <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> into Arabic and Mandarin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRecently we had some friends of the ministry who were hearing about not only <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em> but all we\u2019re doing here at FamilyLife, and they said, \u201cWe want to see this take off. We want to see it accelerate.\u201d They agreed that they would give us 500,000 dollars <em>if<\/em> we could get <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners to match that amount.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo we\u2019re asking you if you would\u2014during the month of August\u2014make a donation, knowing that whatever donation you\u2019re able to make, your donation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to that total of 500,000 dollars. This is a great opportunity to see the work of FamilyLife expanded\u2014the outreach go farther\u2014and you can help make that happen when you make a donation today. You can donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a thank-you gift, we\u2019d like to send you a copy of Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s book <em>The Art of Parenting<\/em>. You can keep that for yourself or pass it on to someone else as a gift. Again, that\u2019s our way of expressing our appreciation for your partnership with us in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and for helping us take advantage of this matching gift during the month of August.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, we hope you can join us back again tomorrow, when Shelby Abbott will be here again. We\u2019re going to talk about the stress that comes from living in an instant gratification culture, and how we can help young people navigate that. Hope you can join us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. 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