Becoming.

I apologize for the lack of posts in the last weeks. There has been less to write about because Connecticut, for me and for those around me, is more about an internal transformation than about what we are physically doing. We are continually learning the importance of getting our hearts in the right place before jumping into doing good works.

And that is what makes following Jesus different. He requires a heart transformation; he requires us to become a new creation and not just a better person. All the problems in our world, hunger, child sex slavery, the weak economy can not be solved with more money, politicians, or people doing good things – though this may help. The only solution to the pollutions in our world is a heart change within people. If we truly start to love God and love others then it only makes sense that we will want to take care of our hungry neighbors, start loving each child as our own, and use ‘our’ money to help each others needs. The answers are inward ones, ones of the heart, and I am learning how to ask myself am I part of the problem or part of the solution.

A quote from my mentor, “We can only love the people we are with at each moment”. We can dream all we want about what we would do if we only got to go to Africa, or Belize, or Mexico, but what it boils down to is that our neighbor(s) at each moment are the people we are with. So while missing the family, friends, and the people I met in Mexico I am trying to focus on the ‘here and now’. Laughing, living, sharing, caring about, and loving the people I am with now.

I got to travel to Boston, MA for a week where we visited an outdoor holocaust museum, dressed up like ninjas, and watched the Harvard crew team practice. I have spent my free time reading, eating with chopsticks, talking with strangers, and riding an orange bike. I am becoming. I am learning so much about the way in which I want to live my life, and what it actually looks like and what I can do to live it out.

I am taking times of silence, times of being alone, and times of worship, so I can make sure that God is truly my focus and my everything. I fail in this daily, but God never fails, He is pursuing us always, He is by our side.

Quote by my roommate David, “Don’t focus on the problem, focus on the promise.”

The promise is that God will never leave us or forsake us.

Book Recommendation: The Ragamuffin Gospel
Food Recommendation: Tapioca and Tofu
Life Recommendation: Take your shoes off, enjoy the world with your feet