These are just thoughts, not so much day-to-day life updates so pre warning (:
I believe in authentic community, not forced. I’m in a place right now where I’m thrown into this fishbowl of community with 6 strangers and a goal of building community… I’m not going to lie, this is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. Not being in India, but trying to build a “community” with 6 people with such differences. Don’t get me wrong, differences are great! Differences are what make us unique and what form us as a body of Christ BUT I’m not so fond of such differences within a community. Should it not be easy to live in your “community”? That’s the point, right? To be able to share things, and grow together? It’s such a struggle for me because I love the idea of community, I love what CAN be accomplished, but I hate not being at that point. After two months, I feel like it’s make or break it time. Not that I don’t love these people, because I do or I’m learning to but I’m beginning to learn that community is something that should happen naturally. It’s not when people are born that you choose them to be your friend, it’s a natural process that happens because of common interest or personality or whatever the case... Don’t take this the wrong way, and think I’m miserable and a complainer, I’m just thinking out loud. DO know, that regardless, I’m learning SO much and about everything. From community, to how to love, to how to be served. Life is a process, a journey, and it’s not so much about the arrival that matters, but the journey itself. Some things I feel like I would rather not learn, and I would rather not go through, and then I realize “Oh yeah, that’s right! God DOESN’T mess up!” haha It’s good to learn things, whether we want to or not and that I have learned (:
Keep me in your prayers! What I’m praying for myself is that I continue to love in any circumstance, that I’m given patience even when I feel I’m dried empty, and that every time I open my Bible, I’m shown something new and that it comes alive to me in ways I’ve never seen before. All I want is to be like Christ and be his hands and feet. I want to leave a legacy that isn’t like everyone else’s but ALL to the glory of God. I was reading my book and this conversation came up: “Why does God allow poverty, war, and suffering to exist in the world? … Well why don’t you ask? …. No. I’m scared He’ll ask the same question.” … “You tell me, why you allow this to happen, you are my body, my hands, my feet.” What a challenge.
Love you all! I hope you’re Easter holidays are full of love and joy. He is risen, and what a great reality that is for us!
Grace and Peace from Manali.
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