Appreciating variety

It is really interesting that within the living room of my place, 4 different seasons can co-exist:

This is really cool!

It is also cool that within the CCF fellowship there is a variety of people from different places, different backgrounds, different ages, different academic programs, different Christian denominations, different personalities, different skills, etc... all come together to worship the same God, living our lives for same goal to live as Jesus did, and share the gospel to others. 

CCF is a great community, but we fall into the danger of getting too exclusive within the subsets of the fellowship that share a specific trait such as same year, same academic program, or same background. I am not saying that getting close to people who share a similar trait is a bad thing, instead I think it's beneficial to have a group of brothers/sisters who you are close to. Because there are so many people in the fellowship, and it is impossible to get to know everyone in the same depth. And we need to choose the people who we want to build a deeper relationship and share each other's burdens. But at the same time, we have to be careful to not be exclusive to the point that we just spend time with the same group of people, and neglect the rest of the fellowship. 

It's actually a great blessing to be in a fellowship like CCF because one can learn so much from people who are very different, whether they are younger or older, engineering or non-engineering, born in Canada or born in Hong Kong, extrovert or introvert, etc. The great joy is that in midst of this variety, we all share in the love of Christ, and we live to glorify Him.