Where He leads...: All good things must come to an end.

All good things must come to an end.

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Sunday night marked the last Bible study with the young adults at New Song Family Church. We've been reading and discussing Francis Chan's book "Crazy Love". I had started this book in a Bible study group before but never finished it. I paid a bit more attention this time and was challenged both by the readings and by the group discussions. It was also a great way to get to know some of the young adults at New Song. I hadn't really bonded with many of them up until that point, so it was nice to spend this time with them. It was also neat to see how open the group was. Everyone seemed willing to share their struggles and to be transparent throughout our time together. It was a great way to quickly get beyond the surface level and really go deeper in our relationships with each other as we sought to draw closer to God. My participation in this Bible study will definitely be considered a highlight of my time in Namibia. I look forward to keeping in touch with each of my new friends and seeing where God takes each of us in the days and years ahead!

Here are some photos from our last evening together...

Penda was intentionally not looking at the camera. He's so cool like that.

I also spent a bit of the evening getting to know another new friend... Anja's pet rat! I never would have thought I'd actually like such a creature...

...Or be ok with her new favorite spot!

If you haven't read "Crazy Love" I recommend that you do. I also recommend "Radical" by David Platt. But back to "Crazy Love"... I want to close by posting some quotes from the book. Chan shoots it straight. He doesn't hold back. He craves a deeper, more radical, sincerely sold out to Christ relationship with God. And he desires that for everyone who calls themselves a Christ follower. His book may step on your toes. It certainly did mine. But I hope you're open enough, and humble enough, to admit that you have not fully arrived in your relationship with God. And of course, we never actually will this side of Heaven, but I pray we are striving more and more each day to truly become the disciples that we say that we are.

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."

“Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a “Christian” without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.”

"God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through."

"Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?"

"God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love."

"True faith manifests itself through our actions."

“I quickly found that the American church is a difficult place to fit in if you want to live out New Testament Christianity. The goals of American Christianity are often a nice marriage, children who don’t swear, and good church attendance. Taking the words of Christ literally and seriously is rarely considered.”

"You have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin."

"What are you doing right now that requires faith?"