Finish & Finish Well!

Well We are back in Heiden Heim, we left the school yesterday at 1 and got bach here at 5. I was deffinitly sad to leave the place. I enjoyed my time there so much, and made really good friends from the school. I learned a lot this past week, mostly things not from the sessions , but I did learn one thing. For years I have joked and laughed about my inability to finish things. I take it so light and never look back. Well during this one sassion things finally caught up with me. The session speaker talked about ´Finishing & Finishing Well´, these words hit me straight in the face. Suddenly hundreds of scenes in my life began to reinact and I saw the hundreds of things that I just gave up on because I was tired or boerd. I realized right then, it really was not that funny. Just hours before these words echoed in my ears. I was talking with some girls from the college and almost convinced myself that I needed to stop my work in Albania and move to EuNC right now. Yeah, this is a problem. The speaker talked about how when God calls you to something you dont just back out. Even if it is hard. Even if is not what you expected. You ´Finish & Finish Well´. Man did I need to hear these words.

I think I have talked about this before on here how I LOVE to start things. When something new comes into my veiw it is the GREATEST and BEST thing that has ever happened to me. I charge toward it with only it in sight. Then.... it gets hard, its no longer fun, or most of the time I just see something that is better. This is how I have lived my life. I am now tired of it, I am tired of all the broken peices. I am tired of backing out, and I am tired of having nothing to show for the years I have spent doing tons of different things.

I am so thankful for these words that hit me, they gave me the endurance I needed to go back to Albania and stick with it. I have 8 more months there, and I am going to Finish and you better believe it I am going to finish well. I also hope to go back and one by one finish other hanging things.

God has got me and will show me where and what to finish. But for right now I just pray for endurance and strength.

Today I got to go out in Heiden Heim on my own. The snow fell in big white clumps in every direction. It was freezing but it just felt so good. I loved walking around in the town and just taking my time. I hope to remeber those calm strolls down the white stoned roads for a very long time.

Happy Winter Days Friends!!!!

Comments

livinbeyondthegrave said…
Have i told you i don't think it is fair that youare there and I am still here!!!
January 23, 2009 at 1:14 PM
karye said…
I wish I could walk in the snow too in great big clumps. It always seems like it softens the sounds around you, ya know? Makes things quieter and sacred. Love you
January 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Erin said…
That's awesome that you got to go to Germany. I feel like alot of what you says applies to me too. I tend to not finish things, a lot.
August 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM
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