I love movies like this. Ones that inspire you. Push you to something more. I felt myself being scared as he was, crying like he did, as well as rejoicing when he made it. Loved it.
What made this movie so wonderful was that it was indeed hard work that got him the job in the end. Not simply by luck or who you know, and especially not by cheating. But because he had something to live for, to work for, something beyond just the money. Seeing that smile on his son's face.
And is this not how we should live our lives?
As a senior and (sort of) looking for jobs, I think of how much money this or that job will pay and how I can spend it and how comfortably I'll live, etc. etc. But how much satisfaction will I get from that? Even now I buy something, I get excited about it, only for it to become like everything else I've ever owned. Just stuff. So that can't be why I want to get a job nor can it be how I want to live the rest of my life.
The Glory of God.
This is what I want to aim for. This is what I want to be my purpose. To please my Lord, my Father. I want to know that whatever my work, it's making a difference in the world, even just one teensy weensy difference. I want to trade in whatever worldly riches gained for just one phrase: "Well done, good and faithful servant." Oh, to just hear those words. That is my motivation. That I would be seated before the King himself as Heaven's gate opens before me, bidding my entrance.
Encounter '07 changed my life. It's thrown me into a maze, deeper than the one I was in before. Unsure of what my future will be like. Not even sure what I want it to be like.
The messages were awesome. Inspiring as well, and encouraging. Convicting.
Singing praise was amazing. Many times I would close my eyes and truly feeel like it was just me, worshiping my Lord.
Fellowship was wonderful. God certainly took care of some fears and introduced me to some great people.
But what has stuck with me most is:
1. Paul's one ambition to know Jesus more and
2. ministry opportunities.
2. I haven't been able to stop thinking about this since beginning of this semester. It used to be that I just wanted to do missions for a summer or go somewhere overseas, possibly Africa. Now, my eyes have been opened to all the different programs and opportunities there are out there! I've wondered here and there whether or not it's just a spiritual high and that the desire to go into ministry will eventually pass over time. However, as I pray for more faith and more courage, I can't help but begin to believe that perhaps this is the step of faith and will of courage that God is asking me to take. If that IS the case...then I have a lot of work to do to prepare myself! But God is good, and He will provide.
On another note...this brings me such joy: Shen-na-fwer.
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