"What has God gotten me into" has been the question that I have asked myself over and over again for the past week! I am going to start out very honest with how I was and am feeling about this school. I have always hated reading aloud ever since I remember, I have struggled with school and marks throughout my education, and I have the worst memory ever! All of these things come in to play every day in this course. We will read through the WHOLE bible aloud at least once and go in to inductive study with about 14 books, the homework load is large, and remembering small details from the book are key to so many questions that come up during class. So as you can imagine its been a bit overwhelming and have already had my first of many breakdowns!
Aside from that though I am SO excited about what this will look like in my life at the end of the school, God has been constantly reminding me that this school and the next three months are NOT about how smart I am or how much work I get done, its about how much I understand his work and gain the knowledge of using certain tools to dig deeper and deeper into his word, and to be able to do that for the rest of my life. This course isn't about A's or B's but about how I allow his work to affect my life and by that change the world for his Kingdom.
We studied the book of Acts this week and I must say my view of the bible has already start to change and become way more open. I think the biggest that God has shown me is how understanding the context of the stories and teachings has a HUGE impact on what you actually take away from it. It is so easy to twist the word of God into say what we want it to say and even throw against other people to make yourself look more holy or whatever it is that people do with the word, that isn't actually hearing what God is trying so desperately to say.
As for my classmate (just the one) Her name is Chelsea and she is amazing! I can honestly say that i think we are going to make the best team ever in this course. The things I struggle with she is great at and the things She struggles with I have some talent in! its going to be good. My school leader Jonathan is dry, sarcastic, at times "ballin", and SO knowledgeable with the bible. He has this desire to know more and to know the truth of what it says by actually studying the culture and striving to know what was going on at that time to gain more understanding on why the book was even written. AMAZING! Also Ryan who is the other staff on our school (making it the four of us) has become someone who is incredibly relatable in many situations that I find myself in. He has such a big heart and is so easy to talk about anything with, and is really actually okay with me crying (balling) when things get to be a bit much to handle. Soooooo pretty much we've got a dream team going on over here in Townsville Australia =)
God is doing really big things and has already started his work in me and feel SO lucky to be here and study the word for hours everyday with people who are so supportive and just freaking smart.
thats all for now I will do my best to update this more (life is kind of crazy) but I will make it work! Ready for a new week and a new book!!
1 comment:
You go Kelsey! It's amazing that your only classmate is actually from Calgary! How cool! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and struggles and all that you're learning...keep it up!!!
love, shauna
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