Spanish. Skateboarding. Chess. Even working out. You name it. Most everything that I do here… daily, I don’t do well! Ok, let’s be honest, I’m pretty horrible at all of them. At least compared to who I’m living/hanging with. And soccer, the one thing I’m confident in, I’ve only played once. Hah! I know those might seem like small things, but they add up. I’m being stretched. I can’t just sit around. I’ve got to stomp the board down or I’ll wreck. I’ve got to think four moves ahead or I’ll lose the game. I need to study/prepare so weekly Bible studies will connect with these Guatemalan teens. I HAVE to speak Spanish with my instructor cause she doesn’t speak English. I can’t default to English. I can’t default… in general. I must overcome my fear. However, I think it’s one thing to overcome fear for the sake of personal achievement, and another to overcome fear because you’re being humbled over and over… and over again. You know, for the sake of pride or grace. I’m finding that everyday I have to throw myself on the grace of God, the graces of my Spanish teacher, of John (teaching me Chess), of Isaac (teaching me to skate) and so on and so forth. This morning we listened to a podcast sermon in which the preacher quoted James 4:6, “But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.'” And it hit me… I’ve been waaaaay too comfortable with my own pride, so where I’m at right now is GOOD. It’s good and humbling. I’m so thankful for what God’s doing right now! He opened my eyes a bit more today and I love it!
I hope this blog made sense…
-Saul
it made sense… Praise God for His grace! We are praying for you.
Hello, Son! So God continues to grow your spiritual muscles 🙂 You should be looking pretty good by the time you get back home! Looking forward to hearing more of your new “stretching” exercises. We love you and continue to pray for you. Mom & Dad
By the way, when did you say you wanted me to set up a dental appointment for you?
It did make a lot of sense, actually. Thanks. God’s been working on my pride lately too lol… It’s good to hear how much you’re growing and I’ll keep praying for you!
Kristin P
Saul,
Thank you so much for writing this!
I know you wrote it a while ago.
I just wanted to let you know that it was a great read!
It reminded me of something the Father showed me a few months ago.
“And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.” -Matt. 21:44
Looks to me like you’ve fallen on the Rock.
Bravo my friend. Bravo. 🙂