A Day of Conversing

So today was my first experience with Dessert and Coffee time which is something they do here for International student ministry every wednesday over lunch and into the afternoon. It was so great to just drink coffee at the ministry center with a handful of internationals and really have great conversation with them. It was natural, no pressure from either side, just really great. A couple of the girls are going to come tomorrow night to the women's cooking group I and some of my friends here are starting! Yeah! But today was definitely heavy with conversation. Kelly (the guy I'm interning with) and I talked a lot this morning regarding schedule, which stemmed from a convo with a mentor of mine last night. I realized that I am getting a taste of what it is like to really be focused on God and have Him rule my schedule and how it feels to not be so busy that we can't just enjoy Him and that if someone interrupts our schedule that we can't enjoy spending time with them or change our schedule to be with them because we are so busy. It is so amazing to just enjoy God and enjoy the people He has put in our lives. I realized that I don't want to be so busy that I miss the amazing things that God has for me and has put in my life. So me and Kelly were talking about that and then I got to spend some time later with an amazing woman of God who with her husband leads one of the life groups. And she said some awesome things and one of them that I wanted to share was going back to the bible story of Martha and Mary and a time when Jesus was eating at their home. Mary stayed at Jesus' feet listening to Him, spending time with Him, while Martha ran around trying to serve, clean up, basically be a good hostess. Because really, there was nothing wrong with what Martha was doing it was necessary tasks, but what this woman was saying to me was that (not exactly how she worded it) you shouldn't be so focused and busy doing what's necessary that you miss doing and feel you don't have time to do what is really needed. That while Martha was busy worrying about what seemed necessary at the time, she didn't even have time to realize what was needed, aka just being with Jesus. I really liked that way of thinking as I grow more and more in Love with our Savior and realize more and more what it means to live for Him. Because nothing else matters. Not any of these worldly things. So just as a window into something that is going on in my heart is that I'm very much evaluating and asking God to give me wisdom and a clear vision into what my future needs to look like and more specifically what things I need to be doing now in preparation for that future. What He would have for me and what He knows I need, rather than what I feel like is necessary in my life.