On the Sunday night just gone, we had our Order 614 graduation! ... We finally have our Certificate 4 in Urban Mission in our hot little hands!
Captain Danielle Strickland preached up a storm, and I really appreciated her message. She talked about finishing the race which we begin. This year we began a race. We began a race where we've discovered what being a Christian is all about. We've discovered what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world. We've discovered our role in ushering in heaven on earth to the marginalised and oppressed.
But in 14 days I leave this place where I've learnt all of these things. I leave all of the support networks that I have down here. I leave the likeminded team of people that I've been working with all year. And I go home to the unknown..... scary, but exciting!
But when I go home, it could be tempting to give up on this race I've started. I know that it's not going to be a breeze when I go home. I'm going to come across opposition. I'm going to come across apathy. I'm going to come across judgement and stereotypes. And I'm going to be fighting against who I was before I came to the Order. But I know that all I have to do is remain true to God and his word, and live being the change I want to see (and God wants to see). I pray that this year has changed me so much that I can never go back to who I was, and that He will keep this passion inside of me for the lost, the last and the least burning forever, until I finish that race.
For Him Alone
Ness
Captain Danielle Strickland preached up a storm, and I really appreciated her message. She talked about finishing the race which we begin. This year we began a race. We began a race where we've discovered what being a Christian is all about. We've discovered what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world. We've discovered our role in ushering in heaven on earth to the marginalised and oppressed.
But in 14 days I leave this place where I've learnt all of these things. I leave all of the support networks that I have down here. I leave the likeminded team of people that I've been working with all year. And I go home to the unknown..... scary, but exciting!
But when I go home, it could be tempting to give up on this race I've started. I know that it's not going to be a breeze when I go home. I'm going to come across opposition. I'm going to come across apathy. I'm going to come across judgement and stereotypes. And I'm going to be fighting against who I was before I came to the Order. But I know that all I have to do is remain true to God and his word, and live being the change I want to see (and God wants to see). I pray that this year has changed me so much that I can never go back to who I was, and that He will keep this passion inside of me for the lost, the last and the least burning forever, until I finish that race.
For Him Alone
Ness
