A lesson I didn't know I needed to learn

Well it has been almost a week and a crazy time it has been. Already we have both laughed our self to tears and cried too. Everyone told me that things would be much different than I thought they were going to be. I thought I knew better and had it all down. I in fact did not. Things that I thought were going to be easy were really hard, things I thought were going to be really hard were not. I have been convicted over and over again to be a better imitator of Christ daily. I will share one of the stories with you.

I met this man at WoW (not World of Warcraft but Worship on Wednesday) who was a SIBI student from Mesa, Arizona. We were having a discussion on a Nooma video and the question was about how we could serve better. This man, I do not remember his name I wish I did, said something to the effect of "you know if I could just stop being so judgemental about others and just love them like Christ did I would be a much better at reaching people." His openness and honesty shocked me because I expected some answer that applied as a general term to others, one just like the one I had given, but that was not what he said. He set there in front of a group of people he had just met and didn't try and sound smart, holy, or rightous which is what I expected because it is what I did. That cut me to the heart because I realised what humility was and that I needed to work on it. It was being open and honest about your mistakes and faults and how they keep you from being like Christ, even with complete strangers. I saw the humility of Christ in that man.

I appreciated everyone who is praying for me and I want to thank you so much for all of the love and support that I have received. As they say AIM is a roller coaster and I just got on it.