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Give It Up?!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

These past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing this common message about not doing things on your own strength, “letting go and letting God do it”. As I sit here contemplating this idea in my own life (and why this message has been repeated so often lately) I’m not sure I can fully grasp this concept.

Two very similar images have been painted for me in the last few days. One of the footprints poem only with one set of footprints all the time instead just during the rough times. Saying that we should let God carry us through everything and so there should only ever be one set of footprints. The next image is of us hanging on a the edge of a cliff with both hands, begging for help and then there is God with his hand outstretched saying I got you, all you have to do is let go of the edge and grab my hand – I’ll do the rest.

The part I don’t get is the how simplistic this sounds to me. It just doesn’t seem realistic. I have so often in my life asked God to take over to take the lead to just take my life and even more times I have asked him to take pieces of my life. Yet, I still find myself having to do things myself. There are still times when I just feel like I can’t win the battle and I still struggle and I still fall. And I know I’m not alone in this. I don’t think it’s because I didn’t really give it up or that I’m not letting God guide me.

I know the rules, I know the language, I know the ideals, and I know what it means to be a follower of Christ. And I like this ideal, it sounds like bliss, but in my experience is just isn’t quite that simple. Even Paul speaks of the “thorn in his flesh”. I guess the part that doesn’t make sense to me is that it sounds like if we give our life over to God he will carry us through everything and we will no longer struggle. Yet, what I know as truth is that we will struggle and we should struggle but we need to rely on God to carry us through those struggles, we need to be willing to let God help us back up from the edge of the cliff. It’s not that we won’t fall again but that we learn the best, quickest, and easiest way back up after we do fall – by reaching out and grabbing our Saviour’s hand.

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I'm Ba-ack

Friday, September 08, 2006

Now that I'm finally back I don't know where to start. A lot has happened since my last post so I don't think I will even try to pick up where I left off. I can give a quick summary of the past 3 months though. In the end of June we took Jayden on his first trip to BC to see Grandma and Grandpa and his Uncles Keith & Tom and his Aunt Stacey, not to mention a few of my good friends from another life. It was good to see family and friends again and get to spend a longer period of time with everybody. When I got back to work I felt like I could finally let go of all things Admissions and really dive into my new position in Student Development.

Students are now here and the last 2 weeks have been incredible. I knew this was a position I wanted and I knew that I would enjoy it but I no idea that I would love it this much. I truly feel like I was made for this. Everyday is exciting no matter how uneventful it is. The hours just fly by while I'm here whether it's a 50hr week or a 70hr week. The only downside is the time I miss with my family, but I know that will change once things settle down to the normal roar.

I did, however, manage to be home for Jayden's first steps. I was home for lunch and just as I was leaving, he was standing next to the coffee table looking at me with a smirk. So I knelt down and asked him to come to me. I didn't take much coaxing and he was taking 1, 2, 3 steps away from the coffee table and into my arms. What a proud moment. The following clip is not of his very first steps but they're at least from the first week.

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