This week is called Fresher's Week, and no it doesn't just refer to freshman cause they don't even use that term here. But it is a week for all the new students to try everything out. So there are a lot of things crammed into little bits of time. It is also a time to get things squared away before you have to start classes. Activities such as: registering as a student, getting your unicard (university card), and going to important hall meetings. I didn't do a whole lot, but I did do some things.
One thing I did was go to a Nooma meeting on Wednesday night. I believe that I have talked about the people there a bit, but not actually the things that were said. A guy named Rob, a 4th year (something that is almost unheard of in the UK), talked to us about experiencing the presence of God. He asked a couple of other people to tell about how they experienced God. All of the testimonials were outstanding, powerful, dramatic. I tried to recall in my life a time when I felt the presence of God like that. But I couldn't think of one. So I started to wonder if I had indeed felt the presence of God. Then this voice that talks to me told me yes I had felt that.
I think that Rob might have led people astray with the testimonials that he chose to use. I don't doubt for a minute that God is big, powerful, and passionate, and that he shows his love and presence in the same way. But that is not the only way people can feel God moving in and around us. Mine is different. I feel God in the peace that he lays on my heart. I feel the presence of God in the wind. I feel the presence of God in a hug. That is how God relates to me, and reveals his presence to me. Rob should have talked about both sides, I think. But he seems to be a very passionate person. Don't get me wrong, he loves God and wants to bring his love to the peoples. I just wish that he would have thought about the other side too.
This is just something I was thinking about this week.
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I understand. I've been to events like that too and the only things shared are these great, huge, life-altering testimonies. Yet, mine has been more of a constant, calm and reassuring one from the Lord. It makes you a little afraid to share your testimony.
Classes start tomorrow right? God bless and good luck.
Classes officially start tomorrow. And I do have a class that meets on Mondays. But becuase the theatre department is the theatre department, and nothing goes according to schedule, I have registration tomorrow and a meeting instead of class. So I have to sign up for my classes and then I'm free to work on reading things for class. Which there is a bit to do. I don't have actual class until Thursday, but I have class all day Thursday and Friday morning. Much love!
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