this one time i wrote a blog...
well i figure enough time has past that i ought to type some thoughts. i cannot even begin to tell of all the events that have passed lately. with a hesitant heart, i decide not to travel that route. this is such an excessive amount of information there. so i now choose to simply write of my present situation... Linnea and i have just crossed the 7 month leg of our journey as a couple. its been just amazing to date her. i have learned so much of myself as i venture in learning truly of another person. such is the fires of life. i see as in a mirror my own reflection. its been enjoyable. we get out of it what we put into it i find. i find that i am pretty amazed by her. often i see new sides of her. she steps out in a strength i have never seen before...she takes an angle in a discussion other that i would have guessed. little things. we are in the process of coming to know the hearts of one another. thats a process that will probably never end, a fact i rejoice in. shes a girl that has so much strength to love others, i see this in the way shes does her work on the streets. its awesome for sure.
i achieved the 2 year mark as a staff here in September. thats something i am for sure proud of. this city seems to pour people out like water. dry them like leather. we for sure have a spring of Living Water to go to and fresh Oil to anoint us, but for some that feels oh so far away. why is that?!?! i do not know. however, Hebrews 12:1-2 are banner over me.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
that verse is ever before me.
i am a happy man here in amsterdam. glad to be the son of my Father. pleased to walk with Him in a land few dare to tread in the name of Peace. thank you for reading this...more later, for sure.
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