So back when I was in college, oh how quickly the weeks fly by... anyways, one day in class I was taking through the church, Garret Hamner said something that hit me wierd, but I took it in and recently have been thinking about it. We were talking about the body of Christ, i think, and he said that we should celebrate the fact that we are sinners. Not just that we should accept it and know it. But we should rejoice and celebrate the fact that we are sinners. I think I am not mature enough to understand that comment just yet, but today I was really frustrated about this whole week and I was just feeling the pressure of sin. And that comment came into my head, and God just gave me a peace that I am starting to understand the meaning of rejoicing my fallenness and the fact that i am so desperatly lost on my own. Anyways, if Brian or Garret reads this, know that God is still to this day using every word I soaked up from your classes. Thanks boys!
I live near a long thin park called Parque Forestal. It's really quite a nice park and it has a long stretch of a lane for riding bikes or jogging. And since I have a fear of riding bikes in this city, I jog. It's really pleasent. I usually listen to radioDisney on my mp3 player and jog along to Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, or Julieta Venegas. Great stuff. Yesterday on my jog I noticed that the trees were beginning to change. Fall has finally arrived and I am glad for the change. But as I was jogging through the falling leaves, I began to think about how much I like fall. And I had this special moment when I realized that I want to be here in Santiago, jogging through this park for many falls to come. After the past few weeks of cultural adjustment being a little more painful than normal, this was a nice thought to have.
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