Trust Without Borders

Toward the end of the school year, I slacked on moving my class blog over to this blog and writing the rest of it...I have decided to spend some of my last glorious days of summer finishing up those blogs. Enjoy. ------- If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that life certainly is all about expecting the unexpected. Whether good or bad, any random day can hold an astronomical life change. In one split second, everything we know to be true and right can be turned upside down. In one decision, one announcement, one breath, the trajectory of our lives can be completely redirected. So, is this unpredictable world we live in a good or bad thing? Does knowing that so much is unknown and out of our control make things scary or exciting? How do we handle change when it hits us when we least expect it? Why does it seem that bad things so often happen to good people? Changes are always going to happen. Life at times is going to seem unfair. We cannot control how fast ...

So, I went to Africa. It's actually been almost a week since I've been home, and though I've told everyone who's asked all I could about the experience, I don't think I've fully processed all that happened or all I learned. This blog is that attempt...brace yourselves for a long one. I've always been a writer. It is much easier for me to sit and write letters or type messages or emails than it is for me to talk face to face or even have a phone conversation. I don't know if it's the process time I need or the security of knowing I can erase and restart if I feel I've said something stupid. I guess the keyboard is my security blanket...But even now, as I flip through my journal and reread the notes from my Kenyan rafikis, the words are so hard to come by. How do you put ten days of distraction free learning and eye opening awareness into writing? I guess I'll start with what I learned specifically from the devotions that Jake Beaty shared with...