It would seem that most of my blog entries end up going back to the ministries I'm tied into here at Hope Church... what can I say, I'm in love with the place :)
On August 5, 2008, I moved to Charlotte. Since then, I have had 4 jobs, and next month will have moved 5 times. This fall, things are settling down a bit for me. I've found a job that I enjoy to take care of myself with, and will soon move into a stable housing situation. So much has happened. I feel like I've changed this year in many ways and hopefully for the better. I've gained confidence, knowledge, wisdom, and mostly humility. I've experienced immense happiness and been stretched to anxious awaiting. I could write for hours about the details of this year, but the bottom line is this: I truly feel alive...
>>>Don't look at this world and ask yourself "What does this world need?" and attempt to find a remedy... Look instead at yourself and ask "What is it that makes me come alive?" And then go do that! Because what this world needs is people who have truly come alive.
Being apart of Hope Church is what has made me come alive. There have been moments of struggle, moments of despair, and certainly times where I've felt discouraged. But none of that compares to the joy I have felt and shared with the people in this particular community of believers. It would seem to me that life should be storybook or best-selling novel like... But then again, imagination could not exist without reality. And reality, as is, would be a cage without imagination. It is my hope that my generation will balance the scales of living a life of reality that is stretched by fantasy, not skewed by it. The dreams and fantasies I hold hopeful for this Church are what drive me. But above all else, the communion I share with God Almighty is my source of inspiration and identity. What a year it has been!
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