Speaking His Language

I'm currently reading Here and Now by Henri J.M. Nouwen and a quote from the chapter titled "Conversion" is "Jesus does not answer from below. He answers from a place far beyond the powers of the world. His answers come from his most intimate communion with God."

In the Bible, Jesus constantly answered questions with sayings that sound like they make no sense. For example, When the apostles asked him: "Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom of Israel?" Jesus answers: It is not for you to know times and fates that the Father has decided by him own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit... and you will be my witnesses" (Acts 1:7-8) Sometimes the answers we get from God and the Bible make little sense to us, but that's because the answers aren't of this world. And unless we stay in the word and learn to listen and understand God's language, we won't have a clue what he is saying in response to our questions.

This thought process triggered from me thinking about what I am going to do after my internship with Auburn Christian Fellowship. It's absolutely crazy that I am thinking about something one year in the future! I need to focus on being in San Diego, and all the many things that this internship has to offer. The older I get, the faster life flies by... so why must I hurry it away by thinking about what is happening next??

SO for now I will tell you about about is happening right this minute in the life of Virginia. I am highly enjoying my internship with Young + Co., Inc. The president of the company is out for a month due to surgery and my boss (the senior designer) is on vacation with her family so I am having to take on lots more responsibility than I had thought I would have. It's great though because I am challenged and forced to think, instead of just skating by doing the "typical" internship jobs like file papers and fill out forms and sort things.

Other than my internship, I have started to make a couple friends in San Diego, and have definitely fallen in love with the weather!! I'm focusing on reading as many books as I can and taking as many pictures as possible. I continue to run towards the cross, knowing that to be able to hear the answers to my questions, I must stay directly in tune with the Spirit, learning to speak His language!

xoxo, va