I like this

A muslim asked me what my relationship with God is like. This is what I told him.

"Intimacy. He talks to me through his Word, the Bible. He talks through other people, he speaks into me by pictures, through nature and so on. I talk back with him. He shares his secrets with me. He shows me Love. Grace .Mercy. He is Holy, he is Righteous. He gives me a hug when I need it, and he delights in me. I delight in Him. I walk with him daily. Talking back and forth. He gives me a peace that is full, beyond all knowledge and understanding. He shows me how to love in a way that I can not do without Him. He is a holy God that desires to have a relationship with me."

I just really like that answer for some reason.
see ya in a week.

Ålesund

I will be going there for the week. I had a great week off and then we had lectures for a week on Biblical World View. It was such a good week.

Week off was good. Learned a lot.

I have learned TONS about myself and the people around me. Learning to walk more in the fullness of who God created me to be, and its amazing. Life is amazing to say the VERY least.

http://amongthewildflowersajr.blogspot.com/2010/11/healing-and-encouragement.html
This is something I have learned a lot about lately. My role as a son, friend, and brother in Christ in relation to girls.

I hear girls always mention the fairy tale stuff...and never understood. Now I do. Its pretty real.

I read this somewhere that the heart of a girl is the treasure of God's kingdom. To put it short...every girl deserves to be fully pursued. No half hearted stuff. BUT, to only pursue when you have the Holy Spirit's permission. If he does give it to you, pursue the girl with Him...not just yourself. Its an adventure. The girl deserves it sooooo so so so so much. They are so special, and so beautiful.

Thats just me rambling. I guess I could put more...but I will leave it there.

see ya in a week : )

Yup!

I have a week off.

I have 4-5 main things I am aiming to do.

1. Go through the Sozo Prayer teachings.
2. Read a few books.
3. Go through the Spiritual Leadership for Prayer teaching.
4. Hang out with 3-4 particular people.
5. Fill in the blank....
All to be done with Jesus.
Eat food.
Norwegian course.
It will be a good week.

The real question is, can I do it?

I will let you know.

Blog Post #1,000,000

Not really....it will be actually number 37.

Should I talk about what is happening here with what I do or with what God is doing in me?

I will give you a cool testimony: I tell you this story in humility, transparency, and wanting to encourage you. I was completely broken and at the end of the rope. It has nothing to do with my family, with my friends, or with my work here. It is God doing some hard work in me. Really taking me through a refining process, and it HURTS. You may not understand it, but when God's Spirit is in you, he starts to get rid of the bad stuff. "Whatever is in the darkness will be exposed by the light" (Not verbatim).

So...back to the story...I was walking home from a friends house after picking up a movie to watch for later. On my way home, I was asking God, " What is happening in my life? I don't understand, it hurts!" To be honesty, I was crying and in tears, at the end of my rope. Some of my friends passed by me, on the way to go get a movie for themselves. They picked on me a little bit, and I didn't answer them. I just kept walking, I didn't have the capability to talk. I walk home and just stop and cry...."God, what is happening?!" I get back to my room and open the door. On my bed is a note, it says: Trust me.

This is not the first time this has happened. Many times lately, I have cried out to God, "what is happening?!?!" He has been very faithful to me. Telling me in many ways to trust him. Whether with his own voice, or a note, or a scripture from a friend who doesn't know anything. God is faithful. Hands down.

I am still learning as I go through this, but this is God. God whom I serve, love, and desire. He is the God, who created everything, but still has all the time in the world to spend on me. Telling me his secrets and working in my heart. Refining me. He is more of a reality then anything else I know.

Psalm 27:4 "The one thing that I ask of from the Lord, and that I shall seek: Is to be in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Beholding the beauty of the Lord, and meditating in His temple."
Psalm 25:14 "The Secrets of the Lord are for those who fear Him, and he will make them know his covenant"

These verses are beautiful. On the second verse....replace fear with love...its the same thing.

Have a blessed day

Ps....this note is to encourage you. I am not a depressed person, this is my life with a faithful God, taking me through a season of taking the bad things out, and making me his.

Muslims

I am thinking about two things.

If you have real truth. Solid Truth. Him. King of Truth. You can see the fruits of the truth. Freedom. Joy. Peace. Patience. Gentleness. Love. Kindness. Goodness. These are things you can see. Experience.

Muslims. They live a life of fear. Where is the freedom? Where is the joy? Where is the relationship? My heart brakes for them. They are living a life of bondage.
This guy in Florida, what he is doing is wrong, but the Muslim's response to this does not make much sense either. All I see is anger and hatred. I know not all Muslims are like this, and its easy to stereotype them all.

But what is the fruit of your life? "Your" truth?

Jesus, I am so thankful you ARE Truth.

Yes!

Well

I am in the mood to write a tad bit.

I started Norwegian class last thursday. Its so good to be there and finally be able to understand sentence structure and learn what the words mean. I am looking very much forward to when I can be able to talk at a decent level. My heart really wants that.

God is showing me a lot of different things. I guess things that have been sticking out a lot to me lately:
1. There is so much noise in the world. I was laying in bed and just outside my door 6 people talking, one playing the guitar. My room mate beside me talking to his girlfriend and I can hear her muffled voice. Music in the background. The loud vehicles driving by. The club across the street with its crazy loud music. Then I thought about King David. When he was a shepherd, out and alone with his sheep. Or when he was in his big palace and he was alone in his room. It must of been so quiet. No airplanes flying over. No helicopters. Just stillness and quietness. I think its hard for us to be in a place like that because its so rare. We are not used to it. I imagine it to be easy to hear God's voice. It would be crystal clear. "Be still and know that I am God" "In the stillness you are there." (the second one is a song...but I wouldn't be surprised if it had been takin from the Psalms somewhere.
2. ALL I have been reading Colossians, a detailed study. Something that sticks out to me is the word "All." Its everywhere in this book. About God. About the fullness of Him, His plan, Jesus, his presence. Its all. Everywhere. Nothing missing. Every detail. All all all all. Nothing goes unnoticed.

Speaking of Norway. Its expensive. I am going to buy two pairs of ear plugs. 50 Kroners. Also known as about 10 dollars. Yes!

So, as we all know. I staff the DTS...its great. I could tell you about some of the staff. I don't know all of them that well...but the ones I do know, I will write a short thing about:
Markus: The leader, amazing guy. He has tons of wisdom, a great leader, and is form Norway.
Theresa: Co-leader (leader)...Norwegian. Still getting to know her. Engaged to Magnus
Oyvind: Co-leader, he is a great guy. I think of him when it comes to the verse, "they will know us by our love for each other" Norwegian
Magnus: Norwegian. Still getting to know
Eva: Norwegian. She is really cool. She has a big heart for discipleship and worship. She gets really excited to see people connect with God.
Ragnhild: Norwegian. She is also really cool. She has a huge heart, with lots of joy and passion for God.
Guy Helge: Norwegian. Don't know him all that well, but you can see he has passion for God and his word.
Hannah: The Dane (danish). She is really cool. She has a ton of wisdom and can really speak into peoples lives. She is a real person, who is good at listening to people. You can tell she delights in the small things out of love for God.
Elisabeth: German. From the dts last year. She has a lot of knowledge...very smart. Still getting to know her.
Katharina: German. From the dts last year. Don't know her all that well. Look forward to seeing how God has made her.
Jaanika: Estonia. From the dts last year. I don't know her all that well. She seems to be prophetic though. I will get to learn some about her this year.
Jo Yngva: Norwegian. He is a new staff like me. Cept this is not my first year at the base. He is really cool. I am still getting to know him. He is pretty funny, he seems to listen very well.
Annalisa: Norwegian. She has a heart for people getting hearts for missions. She wants to see the young people's hearts wrecked for God.
Ana: Norwegian. Still getting to know her. But she is also really funny.

This is just what I have seen of the people. They are who I will be working with all year. I am excited. We will see what happens.
I have typed a lot. I did not check for errors. so forgive me.
Bye

Norwegian

Learning Norwegian makes my head hurt.