#FreeThoughtDeepThought: Asking brings More Questions

Asking brings More Questions

Life is about moments. Moments that we consider good enough to remember, that get our blood pumping, or make us come alive. Moments that no picture or any amount of words can ever describe. Do you know what I'm talking about? It's the times where I just have to sit back and all I can really get out is a few words. "God is Good" or "life is worth living" or something to that regard. I probably sound like a sappy emotional writer that is going to talk about Love and marriage and babies and other things that tend to make the hearts of women flutter, but try to follow my thought process. For some of us, these moments are often and easy to come by. Things like sipping on a cup of coffee, or reading a good book, or listening to the perfect song. These small moments jump us through life in a way that we get to enjoy it. For some of us, these moments are harder to come by, usually needing a rush. Jumping off cliffs, or skydiving, or surfing that huge wave. In the Psychology world we tend to call these people type T-personality. (According to a scholarly article published in the Journal of Personal Assessment in 1990 by Moorehouse, Type-T Personality can be defined as; "A personality trait referring to individual differences in simulation seeking, excitement seeking, thrill seeking, arousal seeking, and risk taking." This basically just means that they are extreme in everything they do, these people also tend to be the ones that are easily addicted). All that to say, I think I have the best of both worlds.

Last week was on Fear the Lord. I think the biggest thing I took away was that we first must learn to Love the Lord, then we learn to fear the Lord. Its a big thing that I've never really done before. I mean, obviously I've heard it, but until last week, I didn't actually, truly, Fear the Lord. Its almost like a second step in following Christ. A weird concept to try and grasp, but there is no other way that I can explain it.

This week we went on a road trip, once again. Started in Gold Coast which is known as surfers paradise. We didn't surf, per-say, except with our bodies. We got to camp about 100 feet away from the beach. Something I've been wanting to do more of. So amazing. Then we shot over to Casino, which is just a small town inland from the coast. It was amazing to spend the week out of lectures and just be able to live for Christ. Its something that we talk about daily here but rarely get off base and actually 'do' because we're so busy with other things.

Nights at the beach were some of the best evenings yet. We're all really close at this point so this brought interesting conversation. For hours on end we stood on the beach with the sand between our toes and water up to our ankles and just chatting away. It was awesome. These are the moments that I'll remember. The ones where I have to second guess myself and realize that this is real life. All Glory to God.

In Him,

Jeremy