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January 2009 
And school begins again...
Posted on Aug 13th, 2008
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dvinedscontent
So...another semester begins...
This summer has been quite a learning experience for me though. It went by super quick but God has really used this time to teach me quite a few lessons...
I have learned how good I have it here in the States. I may not have much but I am truly thankful for it. Physical possessions don't mean much when you compare them to relationships and the love that I have here. In Laos, the people don't have all of the latest technologies, western luxuries or physical possessions but they have love, loyalty and respect. I think that is more important and worth a whole heck of a lot more than anything in this world. We get that twisted in America. Not everyone. But a lot of people do.
I have learned what it means to let go and let God...ha ha. There are sometimes circumstances in our lives that we can't control. And sometimes there isn't a darn thing we can do to fix a situation or "help God". Sometimes you just need to let go and trust that God will be there to catch you. I got the daylights scared out of me this summer. But God is bigger than that and He came through for me just in time.
And I have learned what it means to love. When we went to Laos we could barely communicate with a lot of the people. But I loved them as if I had known them 10 years. I will honesty say that I have never felt love like that for someone other than my family, but I'm noticing that in reality God just broke down a wall in me and that is effecting every relationship in my life. Even friends that I have had for years I am beginning to realize the love that I have for them. Sometimes it takes a drastic example of love for you to see the little examples of it in everyday life. I don't think I actually understood love or felt it as deeply as I do now. It's amazing how much God can do in only a week and a half.
So now I am ready to move back to school and try to keep all of these things in practice. It's now that I know I have to learn to continuously apply all of this to my life in order for it to make a difference. Thank God he is there to help me...ha ha. Otherwise I think I would get it all wrong.
This summer has been quite a learning experience for me though. It went by super quick but God has really used this time to teach me quite a few lessons...
I have learned how good I have it here in the States. I may not have much but I am truly thankful for it. Physical possessions don't mean much when you compare them to relationships and the love that I have here. In Laos, the people don't have all of the latest technologies, western luxuries or physical possessions but they have love, loyalty and respect. I think that is more important and worth a whole heck of a lot more than anything in this world. We get that twisted in America. Not everyone. But a lot of people do.
I have learned what it means to let go and let God...ha ha. There are sometimes circumstances in our lives that we can't control. And sometimes there isn't a darn thing we can do to fix a situation or "help God". Sometimes you just need to let go and trust that God will be there to catch you. I got the daylights scared out of me this summer. But God is bigger than that and He came through for me just in time.
And I have learned what it means to love. When we went to Laos we could barely communicate with a lot of the people. But I loved them as if I had known them 10 years. I will honesty say that I have never felt love like that for someone other than my family, but I'm noticing that in reality God just broke down a wall in me and that is effecting every relationship in my life. Even friends that I have had for years I am beginning to realize the love that I have for them. Sometimes it takes a drastic example of love for you to see the little examples of it in everyday life. I don't think I actually understood love or felt it as deeply as I do now. It's amazing how much God can do in only a week and a half.
So now I am ready to move back to school and try to keep all of these things in practice. It's now that I know I have to learn to continuously apply all of this to my life in order for it to make a difference. Thank God he is there to help me...ha ha. Otherwise I think I would get it all wrong.
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