I
loved my college experience. The friendships I made will last forever I’ve decided. And even though I wore my crazy pants and never left ENC many of my friends did. So you can imagine the joy I had celebrating Homecoming this weekend.
loved my college experience. The friendships I made will last forever I’ve decided. And even though I wore my crazy pants and never left ENC many of my friends did. So you can imagine the joy I had celebrating Homecoming this weekend.
(This is my friend Angela. She has the most adorable family ever. She lives in Ohio now. That is lame, but she came to Homecoming which is AWESOME!)
It
was also great to share in person what I’ll be doing with The World Race. Many of them are part of the facebook group
or have gotten a support letter but there’s just something about dialoging that
makes it more real and more exciting.
was also great to share in person what I’ll be doing with The World Race. Many of them are part of the facebook group
or have gotten a support letter but there’s just something about dialoging that
makes it more real and more exciting.
So of
course I got the question over and over again, why? The short answer was, God has called me to
walk away from everything, to completely lean on Him and to be His hands and
feet. One group of friends I got to
spend time with are originally from here so Sunday morning we got breakfast,
talked about the trip and then went to church where one of them would be
preaching–which was super exciting because I’ve never gotten the chance to hear
him preach before!
course I got the question over and over again, why? The short answer was, God has called me to
walk away from everything, to completely lean on Him and to be His hands and
feet. One group of friends I got to
spend time with are originally from here so Sunday morning we got breakfast,
talked about the trip and then went to church where one of them would be
preaching–which was super exciting because I’ve never gotten the chance to hear
him preach before!
(The friends I went to church with. The girls are sisters and the husbands are both Jays…fantastic right?? The Jay with the M is the one who preached!)
And
what did he preach about? Fully committing
to Christ and being His hands of feet. (I
told them it came up everywhere!) His
wife and sister-in-law both turned to me, smiled and said, well here’s one
more. I thought that would be it. Here’s yet another sermon confirming what I
know God has called me to.
what did he preach about? Fully committing
to Christ and being His hands of feet. (I
told them it came up everywhere!) His
wife and sister-in-law both turned to me, smiled and said, well here’s one
more. I thought that would be it. Here’s yet another sermon confirming what I
know God has called me to.
Why
do I always have such low expectations of what God is going to tell me? I assume one nugget of truth or hope or
rebukement (I think I made that word up…) is all God can say at one time. Of course I was/am wrong.
do I always have such low expectations of what God is going to tell me? I assume one nugget of truth or hope or
rebukement (I think I made that word up…) is all God can say at one time. Of course I was/am wrong.
Jay
went on to give real life examples of how we can be Christ, how we can show His
compassion and it was a slap in the face–for the past month I have been so
caught up in this amazing ministry I will be doing in 9 months. But have I really been living today? Why do I think I can only be Christ to people
far away from me living dramatically different lives? When did I stop actively seeking to be Christ
to my residents? Why do I assume because
most students here claim a relationship with God that I don’t need to do
anything for them?
went on to give real life examples of how we can be Christ, how we can show His
compassion and it was a slap in the face–for the past month I have been so
caught up in this amazing ministry I will be doing in 9 months. But have I really been living today? Why do I think I can only be Christ to people
far away from me living dramatically different lives? When did I stop actively seeking to be Christ
to my residents? Why do I assume because
most students here claim a relationship with God that I don’t need to do
anything for them?
Well
that craziness ends now. Even though it
is so easy to get caught up in what I will be doing I’m going to focus on the
here and now.
that craziness ends now. Even though it
is so easy to get caught up in what I will be doing I’m going to focus on the
here and now.
Dear
God, please open my eyes to situations where I need to be your ambassador
now! I commit to diligently seeking to
be your servant here and now. Amen.
God, please open my eyes to situations where I need to be your ambassador
now! I commit to diligently seeking to
be your servant here and now. Amen.
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