I’m 33 years old. So here are 33 lessons I’ve learned during my time here in Guatemala. One-liners if you will…humorous and deep
33:
Love is just a word until you give it meaning. Like a dream.
32:
Self-Responsibility vs. Being Managed. You pick, or I’ll pick.
31:
Don’t follow a man where you see his methods, follow a man where you see God’s methods of love.
30:
From orphan to son. One always has a home.
29:
Apology vs. Repentance. Like…All Other Hamburgers vs. In-N-Out.
28:
Mercy – seeing misery and doing something
27:
Small is money, much is the other things
26:
I was a good blame shifter. “Be the solution you want to see in the world” has taught me a lot – about complaining vs providing solutions.
25:
Knowing I’m loved even when I’m not being loved – (Gabe Sanchez)
24:
I don’t need to be perfect, I just need to know how to handle my imperfections – (Clay Holst)
23:
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely – (God)
22:
Not win or lose myself, but win or lose together. The enemy isn’t each other, it’s the problem at hand. The devil tries to get us alone, separate us from the pack, to become self-reliant. We’re meant to stay with God and stay with others. “We vs. I” – (Jonathan Little)
21:
Failure does not equal condemnation, but course correction.
20:
Die in sin, or, die in faith?
19:
The battlefield of my home is where I win the battle outside of the home.
18:
You know the voice of God through submission; through son-ship; through relationship.
17:
To know God’s love, not religion. To be God’s love, not religious.
16:
All we learn is junk if we can’t go home and apply it there – (Martha Young)
Source: Click Photo
Source: Click Photo
15:
Greatest fear, what I don’t trust Him with – is that I’ll miss it. And that it won’t be good. God – did I get that right, or did I miss it?
14:
The glory of God is Noe’s heart fully alive! (St. Irenaeus/Augustine)
13:
Learn in poverty now what prosperity tomorrow will not have defined. Therefore it cannot birth or destroy it. Teach me now, Father, in my most darkest hour…
12:
I want a pure gospel. A pure relationship – to not need the fancy, loud, showy, flashy – to be able to stand on the the simple yet profound, the basic yet deep.
11:
Christ was hurt when he was rejected, not because it was him or he did wrong, but because he knew he was the solution.
10:
Covenant is a really strong container
9:
Stripping my religiousness away, to get to love.
8:
Living sacrifice. That’s worship. My life, my body.
7:
Learn how Jesus did it, how he trusted his father, how he was a son. Copy, paste!
6:
Sin seems attractive in prospect but is bad in retrospect
5:
You’re (insert name:________) not my enemy. Remember who is.
4:
Conviction is a character issue, condemnation is an identity issue – (Marielle Moguel)
3:
Being hurt is the sounding alarm to a potential identity issue – (Marielle Moguel)
2:
Serving from identity or for identity. I’ll take the #1 combo, please.
1:
To be listened to, heard, known, then loved. People’s greatest need.
BONUS:
Receiving God’s love is the greatest gift. Took me a while, but I think I’m ready to receive. Thank you, God. Thank you Guatemala season.
