Time

Yesterday I realized that I am down to my final three weeks in Sweden. Almost every day I hear another student saying in astonishment, "I can't believe how fast the time is going!" As one of the former speakers said, "Time is like a roll of toilet paper - the less there is the faster it goes!" And it struck me if I'm always living for tomorrow I will never live for today. That's something Yahweh has been teaching me - the power of contentment.

In two days I'll be leaving for a five day mission trip in a city called Göteborg. I'll be teaching english and helping lead a youth group with a team of other students. It is neat that we have this opportunity to reach out to the Swedish community, but because it is mandatory I'm struggling with viewing it as a homework assignment and my enthusiasm level isn't very high. I've prayed again and again that God would set me on fire for this, but I'm really battling with not wanting to go. Last night the principal said something that really stood out to me. He said, "My prayer is that at some time during this trip you would become completely and totally exhausted. My prayer is that you would come to the end of yourself - and that in that time you would invite God into the situation." He also said that we shouldn't view this mission trip as something that is seperate from the rest of our lives - we should view it as a continuation of what is already going on in our lives. So when we come back we won't be thinking, "Well, that was a fun trip, now back to normal life..." It's all a flowing continuation of our lives and the work of Yahweh. This help me put things in perspective and even though I'm not enthusiastic yet, I have the want to serve my Lord out of love and obedience.