1. Is this truly my way of thinking?
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
2. Do I live to proclaim His excellencies? Does that motivate me?
Mark 9:21-24
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”
“From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”
23 “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
3. Faith in Christ/trusting Him for the big things (Salvation, existence, sovereignty etc) and for the little things (friendships, plans, agenda, goals etc) Do I truly desire to have childlike faith? Wonder? Amazement?
A few of the things I've been thinking about, praying about, and wrestling with. God has been good to give me plenty of things to think about while here! Thanks for praying that God would use the time while I'm here to grow and teach me. Please continue to pray that I'll be able to process everything well. Don't we all need need help with that! God Bless!
Ruth
PS: The week is going great. Crazy to think that this is my last week here. Time flies... even when you have an extra day in the month. Cool experiences since I wrote last... went to night market-lots of cool people and food. No, I didn't taste the fried scorpions.... (Shouldn't a person see a red flag when trying to consume something that contains venom?) Went running 11 kilometers (6 miles) at 5:00 am in the morning with some people training for Marathons. When else am I going to have the opportunity to run that early with thais in Thailand? (My body is suffering a wee bit)... Tried explaining American hand motions to some Thais. How do you explain why we sometimes use our hands to put quotation marks around what we say? Trying to makes good conversation!... And of course the week has been full of good conversations with great people. God is good. Thanks again for prayers!
