I feel like so much has happened in just one day of training. We have lecture upon lecture of warning, expectations and not having expectations, about community and what that may or may not look like, solitude, about living counter-cultural in small ways that seem big but builds the kingdom on earth, and more. What hit me hardest was contemplating on the examples and suggestions of living against the mainstream. Thoughts like pushing back individualism in community while staying personal …
My fears as of right now: -I won’t be open to my teammates right away, hiding in my shell of false security -I’ll be immovable in the Spirit’s calling to go and listen, to talk with my neighbors -I might feel useless and unneeded at my service site -I might be a different person by the end of this -I might not change at all Lord, may this year not be about me and my fears and doubts but about …
I watched a video today, and shockingly I discovered something—Mission Year is full of real people. Okay, it’s not really that shocking. I’ve just talked about this year so much with people I’ve actually glorified the days of what my time spent in Chicago might be like. I’m scared. I don’t know if I can do this now—ask good questions, keep conversations, have a good attitude every morning for volunteer work, and genuinely love people—not just shallow love but everything …
1) There’s sometimes a more striking view from the bottom (the valley). 2) Tangible freedom is standing to see a distance ahead, a distance below, and nothing beside you. 3) The mountain in ALWAYS underestimated from the bottom (the beginning perspective). 4) Great experiences never promise easy journeys. 5) Courage is recognizing your fear, naming it, and facing it. 6) Go together—there’s a time to live alone and a time to live alongside one another. Enjoy each for its rough …
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
-Romans 12:2
Acts 10:9-16
16-”..’If God says something is acceptable, don’t say it isn’t.’ The same vision was repeated three times.”
