When I was out for this morning's walk, a question came to mind that I wanted to pose: "What Have You Been Learning?". I'm eager to hear your responses to this.
I love being exposed to learning and learners, and especially to a category of people I call "voracious learners". I had one such exposure last night at a gathering of my husband's family. This gal is quite possibly one of the best conversationalists of the voracious learner ilk that I know. She asks lots of questions and can then quickly process that information and connect it to life (she must have a VERY orderly "sock drawer"!). She's 40- or 50-something in age and has a wonderfully adventuresome spirit. After retiring from teaching 6 years ago, she attended classes at the vo-tech to learn some new skills - just for the fun of it. Before sustaining a severe leg injury while snow-skiing, she kayaked regularly. And she still dreams of trekking to Base Camp at Mt. Everest. What a hoot! If her leg gets healthy, I don't doubt that she'll give it a try. But the biggest thing I took away from the time with her last night was her true passion for discovery and learning of the kind that makes life just a little bit richer.
So, on my walk I started pondering what I've been learning lately. The items on this list ranged from some deep spiritual truths to something as simple as a delicious sandwich recipe. (This morning, I also learned the meanings of the words "overweening" and "abseil". I love my dictionary!) If you have a chance, please share some things that you're learning, and in a day or two, I'll share some of mine.
Happy Wednesday.
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lately, i have been learning that i need more ibuprofen than what i take to work considering that everyone asks me for it. seriously, asking me for ibuprofen is like asking a pharmacist if he has any prescription drugs...
but i've also been learning that there are going to be trade offs to everything; to not live your life in fear...you will have regrets, you will have amazing memories. don't live your life fearing that you will regret everything. so...there you go. i'm sure you will get an earful one of these nights...love you.
when you first wrote this post, i was learning about GRACE. not our church, but the term. and how i need to show MORE OF IT to people in my life. but i hadn't fully processed what it means to me so i didn't let you know what i'm learning. and then the biggest surprise of my life happened early on sunday morning so now i'm learning a lot about love, patience, forgetfulness (in a good way - like forgetting how much childbirth hurts) and how to be a (hopefully) good mama. so much more to share, but the wee one needs some food! - tam
I feel that God, among other things, has been teaching me about the importance of waiting. Waiting for his timing, and waiting so that he can prepare me for his timing.
My mind is always racing with ways I can use my time for the kingdom of God. There are different projects that I can take on. There are different needs all around the world that need to be addressed. And ,though, I believe that God has put these different issues on my heart I have learned that does not necessarily mean that I need to start an organization immediately or actively pursue making a change in the world at that moment. These issues may be placed on my heart so that I can pray as he prepares me to be part of a solution if that is his will.
I have derived this idea from two different portions of scripture. First from David, and then from Jesus.
David spent many years as a shepherd. This time I'm sure God used to prepare David for his upcoming time to become king. And when it was time for David to become king, the calling was very obvious.
Jesus spent most of His life preparing for his ministry, and when He was called to the most impacting ministry on earth. He was ready. I'm sure that Jesus could have gone done amazing things at twenty, but he wasn't called then. He was called later.
I hope this makes sense. I feel like I have been called to just prepare right now, and to go to school. Maybe I have always been preparing for the purpose of a ministry, but never just for the sake of knowing the heart of God.
Does that makes sense? Spending time with God because you should since you lead a ministry instead of spending time with God since He's God.
Boy, where to start. I am learning that I am not as good as a communicator as I thought I was and for me that has been a real challenge.
But God is good and he has put people into my life to help with that. - Ken B.
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