It's summer! I'm so relieved. The plan is to really live it up because I don't have a job and I'm soon to be licensed. Plus I'm going to Haiti for 2ish weeks and then have a missions week at the church when I get home. But anyways here's what I've been thinking about recently:
John 1:12-13 "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural decent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God." So that means that I'm a child of God because he chose me, not because I chose him.. which doesn't really make all that much sense to me, because I thought it had to be a personal choice to turn your life over to Christ. But then I guess you could get into the whole predestination/free-will discussion (which I think both are right in some weird way we can't even grasp).
I've also been thinking whether it's selfish or selfless to go to Haiti like I am. Would it benefit them more if I sent in all the money it's costing to send me there? (not that I could because AIM would take it). That would only meet a physical need, yes, but God is on the move like crazy in Haiti and tons of people are turning to Christ like never before. Am I really needed there?
