Saturday, January 17, 2009
white people
Friday night me and some others planned on watching a movie. So when 8:00 rolled around, 15 people flooded my tiny apartment with no where to sit. Just to watch some rediculous movie about a sorority girl. The really awesome thing about all that though was that i only knew like 7 of the people. Most of the kids were freshman that some of the cru regulars had met just within the week they've been back at winthrop for the semester. One girl was from Finland, one from Germany, and two of them were from Sweden. Being around all these new folks made me realize how cruddy of a job i've been doing in reaching out to people. I mean, i know i'm not in college anymore, so the opportunities are a little more slim. The "workplace" is my new ministry opportunity, and believe me, they are definetly there. I look after 16 kids after school everyday, so that's definetly an outreach opportunity. BUT the night was really cool to be able to be around people who i dont know at all and to get to know new people. Something I had a real urgency to do while i was in college all the time. After the movie we put on the ipod and had a big dance party and taught the foreign students the cupid's shuffle. We just danced around like white people and had good conversation. I really want that urgency to meet new people like i had when i was in college and wanted to talk about spiritual things with everyone. I'll have to admit i didn't do a very good job of it right off the bat, but I constantly had the "reaching out" mentality and every person I talked to, christian or not, was an opportunity to have conversation about good things. I haven't been doing a bad job on this topic because I'm a hermit now that i've graduated, it's just not something I constantly think about for whatever reason anymore. I don't like it and I want to change. Sometimes I think God doesn't just teach us through those little snippets to tell us how much we suck. Even though I feel that way a lot of times. I think sometimes he just wants our thought process to change.
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Friday night was a night that I hope to remember for a long time. I was telling my sister about it tonight actually...about how much fun it was and how neat it was to come together with so many people.
I'm beginning to get used to the urgency that you talked about. I have the opportunity to meet so many new people. In my classes this semester, I'm surrounded with a whole new group of students. They're people I've never met or seen before. I'm out of my comfort zone, but hopefully I'll be able to do whatever it takes to reach out to those around me.
Anyway, I'm glad God helped you come to that realization. May you continue to reach out even when it's harder to get to more people......if you ever want to reach out to me and talk about "good things" together, I'd love to. haha. : )
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