{"id":3326,"date":"2018-10-10T09:25:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbu.it\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2018-10-17T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T12:59:29","slug":"hold-firm-to-the-trustworthy-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbu.it\/en\/hold-firm-to-the-trustworthy-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold Firm to the Trustworthy Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I learned, a year go, that I had been accepted to the University of Pisa, I did not want to go. Now, a year later, I find myself gladly embracing the offer of becoming a GBU student leader in this same city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is incredible and wonderful how the Lord is able to change and mold situations<\/strong>, and the way we see them. A year ago I had only a vague idea of what GBU was, I knew that the group was trying to re-launch after a few years of silence, I knew that there was a need for people who had the desire to share Jesus with students. When I came (reluctantly) to this city, I met the group and during the course of the year I also met staff and volunteers and saw their strong passion for the ministry in the university. <strong>It was a contagious passion<\/strong>, beautiful to see from the outside, and slowly, the desire to help this project in some way started to grow in me.<\/p>\n<p>In September, when <a href=\"https:\/\/gbu.it\/en\/persona\/zachary-smith\/\">Zach<\/a> (the Pisa GBU staff worker) asked if I would become one of the student leaders, I accepted and I also signed up for the Student Training Weekend, but I was still full of doubt and fear. Will I be able to manage my time wisely? Will I be a good leader? Will I be able to dedicate myself earnestly to the GBU without neglecting my studies or other commitments? Will I be able to share the Gospel with strength and without shyness? Questions that I&#8217;m sure other people ask themselves, too.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I never would have imagined receiving so much in 3 days. Besides the answers to all my questions, <strong>I&#8217;ve been filled with strength, enthusiasm and motivation<\/strong> to start this new academic year.\u00a0 I had never studied the epistle to Titus in depth and I would never have thought that these three chapters could contain so much. The answer to my questions arrived immediately: <em>if I hold firm to the trustworthy word<\/em>, not only the Lord will change me, but He will make me able to encourage others. I cannot be perfect, and never will be, but <strong>I can and I must hold firm to the trustworthy word<\/strong>. This is what gives me life, what shapes me and teaches me to face every day of the academic year. I don&#8217;t want to worry anymore about the challenges of being a student leader: <strong>the Lord only asks for a heart willing to serve Him<\/strong>, He will take care of everything else!<\/p>\n<p>So here I am, in a city that a year ago felt dreary and that now makes me feel joyful, and I have a great desire in my heart: to<strong> share Jesus, from student to student!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Blanka Baracetti\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n(GBU Pisa)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I learned, a year go, that I had been accepted to the University of Pisa, I did not want to go. 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