As I ran/walked this morning in the forest near my flat I felt the worries, excitement, and details of the coming semester wash over me full force. The overwhelming feeling that I got was one of heaviness. The thought of being on staff here ALONE, of having to make ALL of the decisions, of feeling responsible for keeping up SO many relationships, of needing to raise A LOT of money to stay, of NOT being capable of any of the above-that is kind of how my thoughts roamed for a little bit. Then it struck me- where am I putting God in all of this. I am so quick to take responsibility for everything-which some might say is a good thing but in reality I am holding onto things that are not even mine to hold onto. I am taking responsibility for things that God already has under control, for things he wants to take care of for me. This led my thoughts to the word GRACE. In my life it is something I am very free to hand out to others but I am not as willing to accept it. How often do I live outside of grace? not because it is not available but because I CHOOSE to not to accept it. So as I begin another school year in Brussels I am praying to live in the freedom of grace!
In other news:) We went to Wyldlife camp last week and had such a great time. Bonnie, a girl from Atlanta(woot! woot!) came along to check out Younglife in Brussels and to help. Here is our group on dodgeball day-we were in England so we thought it appropriate to be Bobbies:)
Here we are after a water and flour fight the next day- I know it's hard to see but I DO have flour all over me- and all in my ear-it took a while to get it out!
The object of the game here was to put as many clothespins on the guys face as possible-We won!!
