the ordinariness of life still speaks...

July 26, 2002

still reading the "reflective life".. it's day three :) today it was talking about the "soil" of the reflective life... and it was kind of a different twist on the parable of the sower. about where the seed lands basically and how that works. we need to be receptive to those 'seeds' that God gives us. but that is marked by humility. because how could a proud person receive anything like that? they couldn't. i really need to like REREAD the book after i'm finished it. i think i will. :)

i played tennis today with eric. it was cool, we had to like drive all over the place to find an empty court. but we did :) anyhow, i noticed this guy flying a kite while we were playing tennis. it wouldn't really seem something out of the ordinary, but the kite this guy was flying wasn't your average kite. it was a super-hero kite. it required the guy, literally to use his ENTIRE body to manoeuvre the kite in the air. it was the craziest thing i've ever seen for kite flying. like, he was using both his arms and using his body weight to keep himself planted on the ground. it was an incredible sight. so i watched this guy fly his kite in the air, trying to keep it flying high as possible - but every now and then, the kite would take a dip down into the air and fall and so the guy would have to adjust himself to counter-act the effects of the wind. the way i saw it, it's like us and Christ. when we STAND firm in our faith - it's not like it's an easy thing. we have to use ALL of our energy into standing firm for Him so that we do not waiver and fall. it requires ALL of us. that way, when the storms in life come, we will not fall down. we will stand firm in our faith no matter what comes our way. and for sure, there will be the 'ups' and 'downs' in our lives. it's just a matter of we stand firm in the foundation that we are rooted in or not. :) the moment we stop, we'll fall flat on our faces.

afterwards, i got home and really didn't do too much. but i had dinner with loretta tonight! i had a great time with her, just hanging out and talking over our meal. i haven't really had a nice long conversation with her like that for AGES. like the last time i remember was before urbana and that was a really long time ago. we have these like short conversations every now and then, but it's not like a nice good sit down talk sort of thing. so it was great to catch up and see what's going in her life. :) God's doing some amazing things in her life and i was very blessed to hear what He's been doing in her life. one of the things we discussed was just like seeing God everywhere. i think we both came to the realization that we've both missed out on a lot. and loretta was just sharing how in grade 12/OAC, she really saw God everywhere. i hope that i can see God everywhere i go too! each and every day is a sacred gift of God. and there's traces of Him everywhere because He created everything. it's just a matter of being alert and aware of what those things are :) i'm going to make it a point to pray for her during her missions trip. and God i hope that you will keep me to that :)

we watched the movie "mr. deeds" tonight. not a bad movie. there were a few things that stuck out from the movie to me. one of them, was during the computer conversation jan was having with deeds. he was basically saying how cool his uncle was and everything and jan's response was something like "yeah, but remember it's because he's a deeds" - like implying that he got it from him sort of thing because of the name. and like, yeah, as Christians, we have the name of Christ. the little Jesus. and with that, we have an AWESOME responsibility, and and AWESOME power. because through Christ, anything is possible! and because Christ lives in US, that means we can do anything because He dwells in us :) i think it's important that we remember our identity as Christians. for us to truly know what that means. i think i need to investigate it some more. there's like so many promises that God gave to us, and so many things we have as children of God - but do we even realize what it is!? another thing that i remember was just the character of deeds. he was like this child-like character, innocent. and it's just that child-like faith you know? to simply trust God and not have to worry about anything else. kids are so cool like that. they're so trusting and never question / doubt. :)

these past two days have been really cool - like God's really been teaching me out of the 'ordinary' events in life - perhaps it's because i'm trying to look for them and i'm expecting them? but yeah, i really hope this continues. because i don't want to miss out anymore. i don't want to miss seeing God everyday in my life through the 'ordinary' things.

that'll be all for tonight! i have to start studying tomorrow :) g'nite!

Posted by Leo Chan at July 26, 2002 12:45 AM