Paris posts: Bon Voyage.
I haven’t shared much about Paris, or had a chance to. A friend told me I should just do some “brain vomit.” So, I’ll start with a little teaser and try to take you through the journey! It was one week, but not a day goes by that I don’t think of all the Lord taught me there. It’s going to take A LOT of posts to get it all covered :)
Here’s a pre-trip journal entry:
” While preparing for the trip, I think I could say I’ve felt a lot like Paul when he writes, “I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.” Training for this trip has put me face to face with what I believe about the gospel and how little I have truly believed it in the way I live out my life.
At this point, dwelling on my failure to selflessly preach the gospel is worthless. Paris, a city packed with millions of people who have no idea of the kind of love Christ might lavish on them, will be a wasted trip if I do not cast my failures aside. If I dwell in them, my life will not count for Christ. I must now press on. I must run toward the goal, letting go of the selfish desires I have to live for myself and to avoid discomfort.”
