I just arrived home from Turner Valley late last night. I feel as if I have been gone for months! Well, I guess you could say that I have been. I've really only come home for a few days at a time between all my journeys around this vast country (or province).
I went to 'the valley' to do some studying and get some work done. Mission accomplished. And I received an unbelievable amount of encouragement in the meantime. I think in some ways I have forgotten how much I love the Bible and desire to be a woman who is founded in the Word. But there, in that school, being surrounded by people who delve deeply into Scripture everyday and who's lives have been transformed by it seemed to make me remember. I sat in on some classes and we went through the book of Titus. If you haven't read it recently take a look...it's only 3 chapters. Seriously...WOW...there is so much truth and revelation packed into those tiny chapters. I was so blessed by reading them and by learning again!!!
There seems to be something of 'relativism' creeping even into Christianity these days. We can't be dogmatic about truth because it might offend someone. We can't confront someone about issues in their lives because it's what they have decided to do and that's up to them. Well, I see Paul confronting issues all throughout the New Testament, and raging on people who were messing with the gospel truth! Amazing! And he sums it all up in 3 little chapters in Titus.
Why is it that we neglect to read the Word or don't take the time to know it or understand it? I feel like life has been breathed back into me and I'm excited about reading and studying and having Jesus lead me and guide me through it all.
Anyway, there is a whole new school on now and they will be spending the next 9 months just studying and immersing themselves in the Bible...I got to spend some time talking to these folks, and at one point, convinced them that it would be a good idea to go swimming in the river. Now, you have to understand that this river is all glacier fed. And it's the middle of September. And the summer there was not very warm. So, I'm sure you can imagine what it might have felt like. Our number one rule was that your head had to go under...you had to be completely submerged in the water. There was a girl from Taiwan, a guy from Louisiana, another guy from Winnipeg, and then two of us hearty Albertan girls. I nearly threw up it was so cold! We had an audience of people down by the river taking photos and shivering for us when all of our extremities had gone numb. I felt like I was running on stumps...like my feet had fallen off somewhere in the river and I was now left to run on the stumps of my legs.
Although I might be nursing a bit of a cold now I'm incredibly glad that I did it.
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Hey Jess,
Eunice said that I ought to let you know that we read your blogs...cause it's weird otherwise. We've been reading since you gave us the link a while back, but since we didn't have an account, we couldn't comment.
but now we do...
Eunice says this is the worst comment ever. I wouldn't know, since I'm new to this whole blogging thing.
Oh, Dave and Mary Amendt also have a blog, and so does Jay Vedoya (if you knew him). It was because of you three, that we decided to make an account for commenting.
ok, that's all I'll write for now. Since this is the longest comment in the history of comments
Bob, Eunice and Noah Do!
welcome back! that's amazing about the lake. ouch, sounds cold though.
I'm seriously grossed out by the mental image of you "running on stumps". Honestly, I think I'm gonna throw up. plfuhlfuhlfuhlulf (that's meant to be a grossed-out shuddering sound)
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