how important it is to stop and just be... in the present...
Seasons.. sabbath. rest. Doesn't God command us to take time on pausing?
i have found that when i do, it is the most rewarding thing... i can finally breath. im not choking from the overwhelming busy-ness of life and all the demands of being a spiritual and physical being...
learned a few insightful things today that will probably stay with me always:
1. we all need adult Godly role models that we are close to.. especially teens who might be middle children and facing depression or possibly suicidal thoughts
2. i dont know why this so stuck out to me today but, inessa shared some things about the addiction of pornography and how it is destroying society because it inevitably causes men to be more aggressive and many of the rapists and murderes of women say it started with a porn addiction. this should be brought to light so everyone knows the consequences.
3. Inessa also told me about her research on Lithuania for a presentation and found that the newly independant country has the highest suicide rate in the world, and it is one of the smallest countries. she went into detail to describe how a high percentage of the population suffer from depression because of the hard way of life. she was able to interview people from the university we studied at (LCC)... and i was just there last spring...and only now im learning more details about this place i called my home away from home.
.... i dont know why.. but i feel like these things were important for me to hear. maybe because they need to be shared.. to people around. maybe my family and people surrounding me need to be more aware as well of things that seem to be out of view.
one thing i have to say is, it was personally a joy to hear about lithuania again after experiencing a silence from that experience in my life. i feel as though i havn't seen the last of that place, and there is still a bone to pick with it.
...just thinking about what i did there, how unaware i was of the people around me who might have been victims of no hope because they didn't rely on Christ, or know Him for that matter. ahh that last sentence stabbs me in the heart... those people i met, i hope thats not the last i'll hear from them.
im saying all this, but i know what happened was meant to be and God's perfect plan is in progress. always.
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Oh Amy, I love you. : )
be in the Present. That's what you said and I agree. O how things change when we live in the present, I have a lot to say about that, but i'll save it for our room time convos. : )
I totally feel you on how it is now, refelecting on the countries that at one time were HOME. HOME. I called this place my home. It's so weird to be away from such adventures even now... months later. But we can hold on to the hope that perhaps these places have remained in our hearts for a reason. We can still pray for these places, cities, and the people that we know from there.
I love you!!!
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