Entry Thirty FIve: Intricate parts

These past few days have shed light on so much, its overwhelming to even begin. A  revelation through a Divinely planned revolution. Through years and years of strange encounters... with odd earthly inhabitants, followed odd experiences, I am enlightened. At least more then I was a few days ago. It all just hit me like the millennium falcon hitting light speed. I was almost knocked backwards a few times, not literally of course, or I mean physically, but emotionally and spiritually.

Last night I heard two fantastic testimonies from two wonderfully broken people, like myself, like you, like the rest of humanity (Each of us are broken in some form, and at some level). I found out that two people came together as friends because they both grew up in a similar environment with similar situations - but thats not what surprised me, what surprised me was God brought both of them together because that is what I know, he knows, they needed. And what are the odds of that - well I cant tell you because then I would have to explain the testimony.

Anyways, what followed afterwards was a security, a sense of peace about mine, so I began to share. It exciting but seemingly life threatening, it was freedom. Now I have shared it with others before, which I am equally proud of. It just went down a completely different way. This time, this time, I wasn't sitting in an office drowning in shame, or laying on the floor anxious and scared, or sitting in a coffee shop stuttering  . This time it all flowed out in a nice evenly space, well laid out manner. Which is what reaching this waypoint, or temporary finish line was all about.

The next day though, today, well... the devil was trying his very hardest to butter me up with confusion and lies. It was a battle from the get go, over things which had absolutely nothing to do with last night. Waking up to my father having a small anxiety attack, then later in the day feeling lonely, from some of the people I asked to hang out, and then later on there were a few smaller things which just caused aggravation.

But it all changed after I made the decision to go hiking, it was spawned from conviction. For some reason God wanted me to conquer that mountain - so I did. Then I attended a small fund raiser for a friends trip to Zimbabwe. He really wants to do some short term mission work which I fully support.
Afterwards there was a great party, and I had a blast.

Things turned out well, I shared the night before, grew and then was tested, and I passed the test by climbing that mountain the next day and overcoming the devils attacks on my will! What I have realized is this is our mission every day, every other day, every week, and every other week - is to grow, be attacked, and overcome/continue to grow. Its such a simple idea, but a grand Idea, such a simple grand Idea. But I absolutely love how it is carried out. I could not have created nor imagined something so clever and creative. Through all the people we meet, through all the experiences we have, through all the decisions we decide to make and all the opportunities which come our way.

Through these things we are tested and overcome, life is bootcamp for something, what that exactly is... I haven't the clue.

Now I am ready for bed. Tomorrow is Sunday. Really looking forward to my friends Graduation and Church!