bringing about the Kingdom is not a fabulous event.
bringing about the Kingdom is living in community, living in your neighborhood and being present there. it is learning to love when it's hard, when it's scary, when you don't know how. it is forgiving. it is vulnerability. it is confessing. it is giving and it is telling Kenny that you won't give him anymore money. it is honesty. it is messing up. it is living--common, everyday, boring, mundane, usual.
and sitting in the classroom is preparation for this.
sitting in the classroom teaches you to slog through, when things are boring or hard or overwhelming. students learn to keep on keeping on.
sitting in the classroom allows you to find things that don't excite you, that you may not enjoy, and doing them anyway.
sitting in the classroom allows you to find those things you love and are passionate about and get excited over. and you pursue these things. but you still live life, with the exciting and the unexciting, your loves and distastes.
so, welcome to Kingdom-bringing!
and in this time of overwhelming busyness, keep slogging...
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