Alive

I had a conversation today with a friend I met in a class I took during the winter quarter. It was the kind of conversation that leaves you on a high because you feel like you've been heard, encouraged, and challenged all at the same time. A conversation full of the Spirit of God. One thing he said that I want to give a lot of thought and prayer to, was that it might be more in my giftings to inspire and influence people to cultivate a heart for the world and the poor, rather than to go live and serve directly among them. I hadn't thought about that before, and I think he may be on to something.
I've been back in Pasadena for a couple weeks now, and God has been showing up everywhere. I feel like I'm being constantly reminded of who He made to be, and the kinds of things He may want me to do. He continues to teach me about hospitality - and His goodness - through the new family I'm living with. And He is drawing me to Himself in a way I hadn't experienced in a long time - I am finding both time and the desire to be with Him, to pray, to read the Word. How revitalising! It is so easy to lose perspective, and to become self-rigtheous and self-sufficient... It's quite gross, really...