Everyone knows spending time in places like Haiti changes you. So how has it changed me? Recently I was working on a paper for one of my online classes trying to answer this very question. To save my dedicated readers from 8 pages of academic rhetoric, the following will be the abbreviated version (in 3 parts):
The first thing I have been learning is how wonderful it is to be able to trust God. This seems like a no-brainer, of course we can trust God, He is the creator and the sustained of the universe. He, Himself took on human form in the person of Jesus and died a sinners death to free us from the power of sin. Who wouldn't trust God? But, low and behold, I am slowly starting to do that.
Allow me to explain. It was a very difficult decisions to leave Kelly, my fiancee of two weeks, standing at the security entrance in Calgary airport. It was a very conflicting moment; first, I had a strong sense of God's leading to spend my final year of college abroad, and second, I just got engaged! What kind of idiot leaves with so much to do?
Regardless I left, and decided to trust God in this tangible way, still holding the real questions of how were we going to prepare for a lifetime together if I wasn't even around for the planning stage? I had no real plan of my own, so i decided to trust that God is able to mature our relationship 3000 miles apart.
So jump to right now. Things are going pretty well, but they are also very difficult. Difficult doesn't always mean bad, especially when it comes to relationships. Kelly and I have been able to see each other twice since I left and are able to communicate in some fashion, via the internet, almost every day. Still, we are constantly miscommunicating with one another, particularly when it comes to planning our wedding in May. But we are learning to work through the challenges and continue to build a solid foundation for our future years together. Why we couldn't be working at the same location of that essential foundation together I don't know, but I am trusting God has a good reason for Kelly and I to be at opposite ends of the job site.
My conclusion is this: trust God's leading, trust His promises, and trust His character. I heard it said from a very smart man that, "Faith is merely acting on what God says." In the same way a child obeying his parents shows he trusts them.
It seems so simple, too simple. So what has God revealed to you that you need to act upon? Whether personally (prayer, leading, etc.) or corporately (the biblical witness, Christian community, etc.). Sure, its probably scary, so is driving in Haiti, but remember Him who is doing the asking.
The first thing I have been learning is how wonderful it is to be able to trust God. This seems like a no-brainer, of course we can trust God, He is the creator and the sustained of the universe. He, Himself took on human form in the person of Jesus and died a sinners death to free us from the power of sin. Who wouldn't trust God? But, low and behold, I am slowly starting to do that.
Allow me to explain. It was a very difficult decisions to leave Kelly, my fiancee of two weeks, standing at the security entrance in Calgary airport. It was a very conflicting moment; first, I had a strong sense of God's leading to spend my final year of college abroad, and second, I just got engaged! What kind of idiot leaves with so much to do?
Regardless I left, and decided to trust God in this tangible way, still holding the real questions of how were we going to prepare for a lifetime together if I wasn't even around for the planning stage? I had no real plan of my own, so i decided to trust that God is able to mature our relationship 3000 miles apart.
So jump to right now. Things are going pretty well, but they are also very difficult. Difficult doesn't always mean bad, especially when it comes to relationships. Kelly and I have been able to see each other twice since I left and are able to communicate in some fashion, via the internet, almost every day. Still, we are constantly miscommunicating with one another, particularly when it comes to planning our wedding in May. But we are learning to work through the challenges and continue to build a solid foundation for our future years together. Why we couldn't be working at the same location of that essential foundation together I don't know, but I am trusting God has a good reason for Kelly and I to be at opposite ends of the job site.
My conclusion is this: trust God's leading, trust His promises, and trust His character. I heard it said from a very smart man that, "Faith is merely acting on what God says." In the same way a child obeying his parents shows he trusts them.
It seems so simple, too simple. So what has God revealed to you that you need to act upon? Whether personally (prayer, leading, etc.) or corporately (the biblical witness, Christian community, etc.). Sure, its probably scary, so is driving in Haiti, but remember Him who is doing the asking.
Probably the easy topic to write about: Kelly Jean
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