Friday morning as I was rushing to get ready, I remembered my old thought that I had forgotten and was trying to remember and do again. Spend time on your knees. In the rush of my mornings, I often just dont do it or don't count it as important, but I felt Him calling "Seek me." As I began with normal "help this and thats and thank yous" I was struck with the idea of truth. I asked for truth to penetrate. I asked for bigger ideas. For truth to be over the classrooms, to teacher to speak truth, to ask deeper questions, for truth to be heard, understood, studied, and infiltrate the classrooms. I was pumped by the end of this pr and I took off in my day walking in His awesomeness.
Fast forward 5 hours after working in the office, eating lunch with two students and making a quick trip back the apartment for some not so well lunch (no big deal, it just happens here) I'm walking back to the office when I hear the lunchtime radio station. "Man, this sounds like a Family song... this guy kind of sounds like Brandon Heath. Whoever this is sounds pretty cool. I feel like I know this guy, or I'd like this guy." As I got closer I hear the lyrics "There once was a wedding, All the wine was gone, They said He's just a man, That's where it all began" It was only water " It was "Only Water" by Brandon Heath. I dont know who was broadcasting but they're now choosing C-ian songs to play. Awesomeness? YES! They're picking His music to play over the campus. Let that w.ship music play!
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Saturday (today), I had made plans to go out to a coffee shop with two of my students I'm close to. I have gotten to know them and done various activities but we've never had the most important talk. I was upset about this and heartbroken that I'm leaving and never pursued this. I know it's His moving, but I have done a bad job seeking every opportunity to push stuff open. I repented of that, asked for the grace to empower me to do better, and by His strength made plans for today. This morning I spent time pr-ying for our time. I asked for opportunities to talk, good questions, good answers, us to get to be real, and for the strength and desire for me not to give up and take it easy. Help me plow. Let me plow. Let me shoot the gap for doors and bust them open just give me the strength to do it and give me the desire to not coast and take the easy way.
I met them and we got on the light rail (subway) and headed off for the coffee shop. As they discussed seeing the new Avengers movie last night suddenly the man beside us jumped into our conversation asking what the word "dubbed" meant. Apparently, he had been listening in for the last 7 min. Very strange at first and a hard read off of him. I asked what kind of movies he liked and he mentioned comedies and Jim Carey movies. That lead into the Truman Show where he says "What lessons did you learn from the Truman Show? Lets talk about deeper things." I was surprised and had him answer first as I tried to get on my game and think. He proceeded to explain the fears of mankind of wanting to escape them and explained how it was more of a metaphysical (which most people in America I dont think know that word let alone a Chinese person) representation of us searching for a greater being. He suddenly had taken our morning conversation into the Spiritual realm and we were in deep swimming.
This was the launching point. Later that day, the Father gave opportunities and questions for me to answer only with the Truth. The whole Truth and nothing but the Truth. It was so cool. He laid it out. From how our hearts were meant to be connected with His but we attempt to fill it out relationships, money, jobs, family, even volunteering and good things to the core issue of society being so bad and going downhill. He explained how every other religion says do these things and you'll make the little g - god happy, but the Family says He's a good Dad who loves you whether you do right or not. He's a good Dad who loves you enough to come in and move that junk out of your way and show you how to live the best way you were created for. This kind of blew their mind. I was able to share part of my story and how I've done so much and seen so many things and only One thing is work continually coming back for. They sat their with wide eyes and an open face asking more questions of how they were confused by society and what that looks like. He gave questions that fit perfectly into the previous analogy and the answers to restate that and it just flowed.
At the end they both legitimately thanked me for sharing that with them. It's like someone explained it to them and it made sense and the world was just showed as completely different. They said that Believers in China often don't like to talk about it (which I think it's both they're careful and they're often like us and apathetic or self-conscious about it) so they didn't really know about it. They explained what they thought and through my questioning they had to think harder about it (because I couldn't understand). But they said, "I was afraid to talk to foreigners about this because I didn't think they'd understand - but now I feel like we really know each other and that it's ok and safe to talk this with you. Many times my classmates don't want to think/consider this. They just ignore these unhappinesses. It makes us feel...heavy. But I think, maybe, it's a good thing."
So many awesome things in this conversation. I think he will/I want him to be a believer by the end of the year. He's such a sweet guy with a humble spirit and a broken heart. She's more of a firecracker that needs to burn out a little more to see she can't always be in control and needs something greater. Please lift them up. Let us Lift more for these impossible things. New music sang over the campus and random strangers/angels taking us instantly into a deep conversation for them to hear the whole Gspel and have their hearts resonnate with it. Lets ask for both them and their classmates and families! Let them all come home! If I would only shut up, listen, and ask more. Sorry for my selfish/pride-fulness. Let them all come home.
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