So this is Whitney and I sitting in White Rock coffee. A coffee shop that was started by a man from Portland. So really it is a piece of the pacific northwest right here in Dallas! We love to just handout here and journal, read our Bibles or whatever we feel like.
Yesterday we went to the kick off day for our spiritual formation group. Whitney and I had volunteered to lead our group. Yesterday we found out that the group that we are leading is one of the largest. Six couples! We feel like parents that have been blessed with many children.. in some weird way. They all live relatively close to us, and all are within the first to years of marriage. We are looking forward to getting the know them over the next two years.
My classes have been good. I really like the challenge of studying Greek. It does not come naturally and is something that I have to work on every day. But the reward of one day reading the Bible in Greek is enough motviation to keep me going. My Theology class is my most entertaining class. The professor is new to teaching in the seminary and so its easy for the class to take him on tangents that are unrelated to his notes but great to talk about.
"A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word." Prov. 15:23
Adjusting to life in Dallas has been very difficult. Both Whitney and I have been doing a lot of soul searching to ask God why we are here. I struggle with doubting His call to ministry, doubting whether we heard His voice before we moved here etc.. There have been days where I have even thought of dropping out and moving back home. But...who says following Christ is supposed to be comfortable and logical?? It's ok for it not to make sense, its ok to doubt.
On Friday I was down and read the above verse in proverbs. So it has been my prayer. That God would give Whitney and I a timely word that would encourage us to keep following after Him. I felt that our group on Saturday was one of those "timely words". Twelve people that are in the same boat. Brought together by God to walk through this season together. At the seminary there is a wide range of people. Our biggest fear was that we would get stuck with a group of people that were older or had a bunch of children or that just wouldn't be able to relate to us. The group that God gave us is perfect! They are all young, newly married, many new to the Dallas area. An "apt answer" to our prayers.
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The coffee shop sounds teriffic! That and life in general. Whew, man. The days are winding down and my eyes are wearing out this semester with all the reading. But, eh. That's life. I went back to D-Ville last weekend. It just wasn't the same without you guys. My ultra-quiet family seemed even quieter when marooned in their home. Even worse, I caved in and went to Starbucks three times. Thats's like coffee-lovers blasphemy. I don't know if I can look at you again... Maybe I can. Coffee at Starbucks is a lot like whisky. People sit at esoteric round tables, taking shots of the stuff trying not to wince for fear of looking weak. I guess maybe it wasn't so bad. I survived. But, eh. Charlie came by for a little while last weekend and it was good all around to speak with him again. He was able to quell the silence and make life a bit more interesting for a while. Putting that aside, it sounds like the Dallas college experience is going nicely and that you are connecting spiritually with others. That's an admirable thing, considering that here in Reno, it feels at times that it is spiritually dead. Despite the endless amount of churches around here, it's like living in a vacuum. Like, the idea of easy spiritual repitition subverts the belief of extending oneself into areas which may cause an uprooting sense of fear and doubt. Then again, I may be conditioned to search out folks such as yourself who are antagonists of isolation and repitition. Give me a call sometime this week. Weekends are great, man. Take it easy.
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