Is it just me, or do we spend quite a bit of our lives "waiting". We wait in lines, wait to be seen for appointments, wait for that guy or girl we're into to notice us, wait to see what God has in store. I'm currently waiting to have the dilemma of where I spend 2008 resolved. I'd love to move forward with an application process, an interview or something, but instead I'm waiting.
It makes me wonder if we're supposed to be doing something else while we're "waiting", otherwise we will waste a good deal of our lives.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Response
Recently in the Homework Club, our kids were going through the wordless book and settled into a discussion on sin. What is sin? One of the sins pointed out happened to be violence. Our grade 4 kids asked if it was a sin to hit someone who was raping them, or raping their sister ... was it a sin to retaliate on someone who walked up to them at school or on the street and punched them in the face ... this is the reality of a grade 4 child where I live and work.
Of course the biblical answer that came up was that, as Christians, we're to turn the other cheek and let God be our avenger.
Since I'd recently struggled with the answer to the question of what to do when someone repeatedly crosses your boundaries, I didn't say much in response to that scripture quote. I know myself ... in myself I would say hit first and seek repentence later if needed.
Everyone of us would respond differently.
Of course the biblical answer that came up was that, as Christians, we're to turn the other cheek and let God be our avenger.
Since I'd recently struggled with the answer to the question of what to do when someone repeatedly crosses your boundaries, I didn't say much in response to that scripture quote. I know myself ... in myself I would say hit first and seek repentence later if needed.
Everyone of us would respond differently.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Change
It's so interesting to be looking into the tunnel of change once again and being excited about it. I'm not 100% sure that the change that God spoke to me recently about is necessarily Malibongwe, but I know that something is coming down the pipeline.
Someone recently asked me if I regretted coming to South Africa. I don't regret it at all. God has done so much in me, and to some degree through me here. He's taught me things I couldn't have known otherwise. I went through things that I don't think could happen anywhere else in the world. Even though I can't honestly say that I like it here, I can say that I've loved the fruit from the process.
So, here we go again. I'm on yet another leg of this adventure with God. We'll see where He's leading!
Someone recently asked me if I regretted coming to South Africa. I don't regret it at all. God has done so much in me, and to some degree through me here. He's taught me things I couldn't have known otherwise. I went through things that I don't think could happen anywhere else in the world. Even though I can't honestly say that I like it here, I can say that I've loved the fruit from the process.
So, here we go again. I'm on yet another leg of this adventure with God. We'll see where He's leading!
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