I am not sure what the purpose of this trip in my life is. I know that part of it is for the educational experience, and the connect with people from around the world for one united cause of social justice and global development, but I know for my life that the Lord has a bigger purpose in it. I in many ways am outside of my comfort zone...in Italy. Why Im not so sure, but I am. I'm uncomfortable, and you know what....I love it.
This quote I put on facebook a few days back, and it in many ways has been wrecking me. I believe that part of this is preparation for the up coming trip to India, it is preparation for the future, it is preparation period. Im at a point where Im trying to figure out how I take the knowledge I have, the passion I have, the expectancy, and the vision, and meshing it into one thing. How do I take my faith and apply into my field of study, and into my career, when in many ways, I am oustrasized for what I believe, and for what I think plays a large role in things? Do I care that I am oustrasized...no, because it is apart of the commission...pick up your cross and follow me. Nowhere in the Bible was it ever stated that everything would be easy, or that everyone would always accept your point of view. Christ was on the outside, and was condemed for our sake, and was condemed for the life he chose to live....the religious people of that time did not agree with him, and called him many things. While I have not encounter that directly, I have encountered it and I am at this dilema once again of how to live the call on my life out in the field I have chosen to go into. What does it look like? The only example I have is the example of Christ...
While Im here in Rome, there has been this internal conflict the whole time. THere is nothing like getting outside of your day to day life and getting to hear the Lord speak to you in subtle ways. Sometimes we get so caught up in our busy schedules that we forget to look at the small things in life and we forget to listen in the quite moments of life and hear what is going on. Im re-learning about simplicity, Im re-learning what it means to be a radical Christian in a sense, Im relaerning and reconstructing with the help of the Lord what it is He is wanting me to accomplish with however long it is I have here on earth. There is no reason to wait until tomorrow to witness to someone...today may be their last day. There is no reason to hide behind the mask because you are afraid of man. There is a scripture in Romans that states if God is for me who can be against me....and its true, the only thing that I ultimately need in life is to stand with Christ. All the battles and the trials that we face in life, are not bigger than He is.
Many times in life we get caught up in it all, we look and we think that we have to accomplish it on our own. There are many things wrong with our world today, and within our society. It is overwhelming. Especially when right now Im surronded by people who have a passion and drive and heart to work together in community to combate these problems and try to solve them. I have to step back and realize that the issuses in the world are not all completely my fault, and that I can not fix them, but I can do my part as a single person to do what I can to help change one life at a time and to do whatever is possible on my end to help people. Its the great commission. Ultimately everything goes back to that. Whether or not we are Christian, ultimately we are doing what is required of us, and that is to be the change we want to see.
For all of you at home, who were wondering how to know what was going on and asked about a blog, Im not sure if this is what you wanted but since Im not home I figure this is the best way to share with you life...Ill post pictures in the next couple of hours.
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