Its almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon and I am still in my pajamas haha!
I haven't done much today, other than hang with my mom cause its her day off, and anticipate seeing kath in less than a week! A few days ago I made a chocolate cake and man is it good! haha.
When living over here you have to learn to find true happiness and enjoyment in the little things. Little things that make up each day. Not every day, not every week, not even every month with something truly grand happen so if you base you happiness off of the extraordinary then you will be very disappointed. I have also found that basing your happiness off of material things will also just end in disappointment. You have to learn that true happiness comes from within and being happy is something you choose. I truly believe that. I believe that in many situations you can choose how you feel. You can choose to be happy and have a positive attitude or you can choose to be negative. That was my perspective about moving to China. People would always ask me how I felt about it and I just told them that I was choosing to be happy. Yes there are things that you find happiness in that you don't necessarily choose, but you also have a choice when it comes to happiness.
When talking about happiness you have to talk about the greatness of God. Well you of course have to know him first but only when you know God and when you have a relationship with Jesus will you truly know what happiness is. What true happiness is. People will live their life, trying to fill the void in their heart with stuff. Stuff that will never suffice. If only they could learn and understand the love of God. A love that brings true happiness.
Today we listened to the Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus. Man I love that sermon. I so much want to grasp the concept that being at the center of God's Will will not be easy. There will be times when you question and when you feel like you don't get an answer, but you have to know that God is on your side. Obeying God's Will doesn't mean there won't be hardships, it doesn't mean that your life is going to be a breeze, but it does mean that when you are at your loneliest point, when you are laying in your bed in Harbin China, feeling as though you have no one, no one to talk to, no one to listen, even there God is with you. If you just listen you will hear God's voice. I try to tell people that don't know Jesus about how he talks and if you listen you will hear. But so much in my own life I question. Rarely do I actually feel like I hear the voice of God. But I will tell you something... When I do hear, when I know in my heart that the voice I just heard was the voice of the creator of the universe, man that is amazing. I will admit that I do not always follow that voice, but again when I do, it is the most fulfilling feeling in the world. And its not always the voice of God but it is sometimes when you get to have a front row seat and watch the work of God, that is when you know. You know that you have a purpose. You are living your life for a reason. Everything you do will have impact. Too many people live a pointless life. Always wondering. Never knowing their God-given purpose. I do not want to live that way. I want to know that every time I step out the door or open my mouth I am glorifying God and moving one step closer to fulfilling his will in my life. :)
La Vita Bella
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