While i was sharing with a sister about my missions trip, she encouraged me to continue to journal as i have been doing in China. i've decided that this is going to be my means of journal-ing, or my attempt at it. im not much of a writer, but i began to see how important it is to write down my thoughts.
its only been a month since i've come back from China and it already feels like a distant memory. i forget easily of the things i've learned and things God showed me. Especially after school started and i'm caught up in school, studying, catching up with people, church, whatevers, i haven't been keeping up to any of my commitments. its SO hard. I've been sharing a lot about my China trip but the more I share, it feels like dead words because I've repeated it too many times. My prayer is that God may rekindle the first love I've had, or the love I've had while I was in China.
One thing cool though was that when my China team came up, it was a physical reminder for me to see that God is still the same God here, as He was in China. He is still doing His amazing works and everything, it's just that i'm blind to it due to my own selfish ambitions.
I've been continuing to pray about accountability back at Berkeley ever since the last week of China. I seek for accountability from true brothers/sisters for me to share with them and for them to encourage me, help me, and rebuke me when i'm in sin. While i'm continuing to seek more and more of accountability, i do have few true brothers and sisters.
One brother encouraged me this week by sharing the verse He's been focusing on.
"Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel."
-Philippians 1:27
This is it. that WHATEVER i do, i may conduct myself in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. I am His disciple and I want to be sanctified- set apart from the world. I want to love as He loved me. I want to be taken deeper and deeper in His love and word. In every action, in every word, in every thought, and mind, I pray that God may transform me by the renewing of the mind, to be a person who conducts himself in a manner worthy of the gospel.
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this is a very good and important post and I'm glad you took time to write it
I'm also excited that you're going to blog because I get to read more of what you're thinking and important things that might be happening in berk
a big year is ahead for us all, but with God on our side, everything seems to work out in the end
stay strong
i've been reflecting on this verse a lot over the past few days too. awesome.
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