Home.

Hi. I'm home. And guess what? I love it. I've loved every second of it so far and I feel like I have so much to look forward to! God has blessed me a lot. I feel like I've had such a growing experience and so much waiting for me here too. That is such an awesome gift.

Also- I will keep blogging here, so if you're interested in keeping up. I might change the format a bit, but I've got some lingering thoughts I'd love to write about when they get a little more solid in my mind and I get a little more settled.

If not- thank you for sharing this journey with me. It has been a good one- definately with its ups and downs and challenges, but God is good, all the time: and that is the coolest thing in the world.

Love, and God bless you.

Jenn

Christ our Strength...

I have cool friends. I’ve gotten some e-mails and post cards over the time I’ve been away, updating me on lives and good things and challenges. I think I have the most beautiful friends in the world though because almost EVERY time one of them writes me with a problem or a challenge they’ve been going through- from tough exams to getting their bag stolen to trouble with boys to having to leave the country in an unexpected situation (???)- the first thing that they write is always the same- that they first and foremost turned to Jesus, for strength. Each one will have a different scripture or encouraging phrase, and say boldly that no matter what happens to them- they know they are in God’s hands.

I think that this is cool because it isn’t natural. When something bad happens, the first thing that we tend to do is to get depressed or frustrated and angry- to take it out on someone or themselves or something. Isn’t that more normal? I mean we are all human right? But my friends- crazily enough- REJOICE. This is absolutely, and utterly, bizarre. But somehow, time and time again, it is the case.

Sometimes I get people ask me questions like “if God is so great- why do bad things happen to good people”. My response to this is bad things happen to everybody- we live in a messed up, broken world- and who determines who is who is ‘good’? The question is when bad things happen- what are YOU going to do about it?