Well the first week of school is done and things are beginning to be worked out. God is good and His plan is perfect. That has been the theme as we have opened up this school year. So many things happening and many of them we do not understand but God's timing is perfect. This concept is a difficult one at times to remember but it is in those times that we must remember it.
This morning in chapel one of the teachers shared with us some of her life story and how when she was young she began building up "theological" walls around her heart. She knew what she believed and so when her husband died suddenly from falling off a roof she had those walls which she knew she had to stay inside of. Very interesting to me, to think that we have to prepare our hearts today with the truths that God has given to us so that when we face difficulties we can hold onto them. We do not suddenly have the truths the second we face hardships if we are not prepared before hand.
Take the moment we have now. So often these past two years I have found myself thinking "Oh when we do this then I will be fulfilled and happy, Oh when I get to Indonesia I will be fulfilled and happy, Oh when our AC is installed I will feel fulfilled and happy, ..." I have been realizing that we never reach that "perfect" time or place. Grab the moment NOW and just decide to be fulfilled and happy.
Rambling thoughts of Darren on this first Friday of the school year. Talk to you again soon.
