coffee shop

"A life not lived for others is not a life."

— Mother Teresa

I'm sitting here in a local coffee shop just reflecting on my life; where I was, where I am now, and whats to come and I stumbled upon this quote. "A life not lived for others is not a life" wow so true and I don't think my selfish old self would have even understood what that meant but now it is just reaffirming that I am doing exactly what God wants me to do. Not just for this time, for the rest of my life. So many people say they want to change the world and they sit complaining about the problems they hear on the news and try to blame anyone they can but do nothing to change it. Christianity has been a huge target for people angry with society due to the Christians who messed up. Thats like saying you hate everyone in a family because one of the members made a mistake- no one is perfect.

Mother Teresa also said "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family." meditate on that. Are you one of those people who are watching the news ashamed of the world we live in? If so are you doing anything to make a change? Are you even loving your family and being and example for others in your life?

This week our base leader is speaking on Biblical world view. Wow. This topic is right up my alley. I love practical classes that can be useful right away. We have learned about the different worldview's we have. The main ones are Animism, Secularism, Biblical theism, Gnosticism, and Deism. And the next questions are what shape the society based on their worldview: who is God? who is the ultimate man? what is truth? moral responsibility? I haven't talked with our base leader too much so this week I have learned a lot about him and realized how cool our leaders are! haha

Anyway I have now made my way back to the base with chaos and people all over so I'm going to sign off now but I hope all of you are having a great time. God is really revealing to me my gifts and desires. Who knows... nursing may be in my future.

LOVENINA