well, friends.
i am most certainly a permanent resident of fredericton. this is different than any other time i've been away from "home". well, what used to be home. i am home now. this move is totally open-ended. i don't know how long i will be here, but i have a feeling it will be for some time. i am having a phenomenal time. it definitely seems to be God's timing for me to be here. i'm not doing a whole lot. just working my job and spending lots of time with my amazing family here. what wonderful people God has blessed me with!
at the same time, there is still some inner turmoil and shifting going on with in me. it's good, though. i'm just being me; being vulnerable and open; letting God change my heart. i'm not trying to do anything ministry-wise. at least, what would normally be considered ministry in our christian lingo. i am continuing to love people in whatever context i find myself in. i guess that's what Jesus said to do. so maybe i am ministering. ah, love. what a wonderful thing. didn't He say something about people knowing who we are because of our love. seems like a pretty important thing to me.
i was in Saint John today. i had a meeting for work. it was decent. we went out for supper afterwards. i feel like i don't have to eat again for a week. i had lunch with my good friend, Robin Ellingwood. he's super.
a wonderful friend of mine said these words to me once, and i wanted to share them again (i think i blogged about them before). take these words to heart. here they be:
"there's this beautiful freedom once we really grasp that our lives are not our own. freedom from insecurity, freedom from frear, freedom from limitation, from money, even from your body. you just learn to live in the spirit."
another great man said this: "it is for freedom that Christ has set you free. do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
i truly, simply just want to be free. i do believe that is what Jesus died for.
