Appreciation

O man was I kicked in the face today. Whew. My lack of appreciation, my feeling of 'o man, this is so boring and blah!- I wish I could try something new!' , yes I know, the typical young person in our culture... welcome to me 4 days ago! Me now= appreciating everything about my life 99,999 x's more than I EVER have before.

Hmm, funny how that happens, huh? Being on the other side of the world, seeing what the unprotected and immoral society looks like makes me want to call my parents and THANK them for protecting me while I was young. O parents, they really are wise. Everyday I realize yet another thing they did while I was younger that I just thought "ruined my life!" was the best thing they ever could have done for me.

I realized this morning how special and amazing our religious rights in the U.S. are. I love my church and my church family. I realized this morning how much I miss them- now that I am out of my comfortable realm of things, and having to adjust to something that isn't even comparable to what we have in America. There is no fellowship here. It's going to be hard! I do realize that I am in a smaller part of Germany and not in a part, say like in Berlin, where there is a Great Commission church.

I think for the first time in my life, I fully understand the concept of 'a light in the darkness'. Sure, it sounds like something we learn in Sunday School when we're 5-years-old, but seriously, being here in the battle when it is SOOO fierce! It's such an eye-opener!

Well, when I started writing this post, the point was to convey how much I appreciate my life in Iowa. It's amazing and I feel badly for ever wanting something 'better'. Like I said earlier, the best way to become content is to lose what you have- and to find your joy in Jesus. It works, let me tell you!