When it rains it pours, and we got drenched for a couple days which cooled things off quite a bit. God showed once again that he can take the gray things and make them beautiful:
We didn't have class this week but different revival groups have been heading out to their retreats at various times. We leave in about an hour, which is why I'm writing on Thursday. Most of this week has been spent hanging out with friends, doing homework or getting ready to do homework (it takes a certain amount of mental preparation for me, and many times I don't make it past that stage).
A few people from my revival group got together and watched the first two films from Darren Wilson, who has been traveling the world for the past 7 or so years trying to find God at work. The first film is called Finger of God and is a great place to start if you want to discover some of the supernatural things that God is doing in the world. There have been 2 more amazing films since then and I think another is coming out in the near future.
The thought that came to me this week is how against our nature it is to stay within boundaries, but how much freedom we can experience if we agree to be bound by certain things. Humans are built to explore. We aren't okay with not knowing what's out there. Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clark, and many other heroes showed us that it pays to expand our boundaries now and then. But what I'm talking about is the value of recognizing a place you don't want to be and setting up boundaries to stop yourself from getting there.
Think about juggling on a mountaintop. Sounds exciting right? Juggling requires you to look up and therefore you aren't really paying attention to what's below you. A choice would have to be made in how much freedom I want to allow myself on that peak. I would choose building a fence that restricts my movement over a tumble that ends my life. It's a boundary that would allow me the freedom to move about without worrying about where the edge is.
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| Dad and I, raising a fist to celebrate this boundary |
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1). Live in this freedom because when you are free to be bound, you are bound to be free!
Song of the week is God I look to You by Jenn Johnson.
yes, wow. it reminds me of a ywam story Dan Bauman told our dts. there once was an experiment done with children. children playing on a playground without a fence didn't feel as free to run around the grassy area it was located on. they all stayed very close to the playground set. then a fence was built around the playground, and the children then ran around on the grass to the edges of the fence! they didn't stay as near to the playground but felt the freedom to run because boundaries were set. i love it.
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy! Makes sense though!
DeleteI remember Mah telling me this story about the children and the fence...wow! it is so good. I love reading it again. And what a great thought Brother dear...to be free 'from' what the world offers us. It makes me think of my papa always making sure to remind me as a child when I got starry eyed over whatever the new hype was that I felt I just couldn't live without, he'd humble me saying
Delete'Richa-aye, nothing in the world comes for free and you are free to not want it'. Aw. my papa. In retrospect, I believe I am the only child he ever had to say it to many times over.
It's probably because back then, I got starry eyed a lot : )
Your father is full of wisdom and love :)
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