Part of my life in Brisbane is just living an Aussie life and the other day made me feel very Aussie when we went to go get our Queensland Driver's License! Emily, Dani and I all walked down to the transport place which is conveniently just down the street and easily obtained a license from another country....yup, no tests or anything!
Later that night we met Nate, Carl, and his friend in the city to watch the Korea Argentina World Cup game. Dani and I were cheering for Korea who sadly lost 4 to 1. Just the previous night was the second State of Origin Rugby game, a three game match between Queensland and New South Wales with as much hype as the Super Bowl. Queensland dominated, yay, and won its 5th consecutive year. Then in case we didn't get enough rugby we took the summer project team to a Broncos game on Friday. Three of the Broncos were just in the State of Origin game but still played well, however, the Broncos lost to the Panthers. But I was excited to see the team's mascot, Bucky, canter out on each try (score).
Its been a very fun week but the most significant and exciting part was just getting the news tonight that one of the girls we have been meeting up with prayed to receive Christ with Sammie, one of the girls I disciple. God is so so great! Thanks God!
I sit here at my computer while two of my housemates and hundreds of other uni students sit at a desk taking a final exam. They are consumed by nerves and focused on recalling the knowledge they have learned throughout the semester while I try to recall my uni experience. Looking back now it is a wonder why I ever worried about an academic exam, although I always did well, the end result had nothing to do with how I was feeling. The purpose of any test is to discover how input will output in your life. In academics that means if the knowledge taught and studied can then be recalled, transferred, and explained as well as be understood.
Life has a wonderful way of giving us its own tests. I often find my patience tested, my trust, my logic, and my motives. These are the tests of our character, and I would say are the most important tests we will face in our lives. This past Sunday our pastor talked about living in the power of the Holy Spirit and the one thing that he said that I can't get out of my mind is "whatever fills your life will control your life." I've heard similar things before but this has been sticking to my brain this past week. That goes for anything and everything, even things that in themselves are not wrong or bad. However, I don't want anything to have control over my Lord, so I've committed to Him that when I notice something taking control I will fast from it for a time so that it can lose its control over me.
What tests are you facing this week?
