My laptop has been acting up for the last few days, so I couldn't put a new leaf up. Meanwhile, the weather got much warmer here. In the beginning of March, it was still snowing and freezing (my snow poem effect?), but now the air is warm and sunshine has become genial. I guess we're in the transition from one season to the next. Speaking of the transition of seasons, woodwind players told me their reeds go crazy at this time of year because of temperature and humidity change. Even our bodies tend to mess up, so I pray for your health and well-being!
It seems I've run into people from
W. College a lot this week. There was a staff get-together for this university early on this week, and I saw this couple from W. College, former staffs who were like mom and dad to so many students there. Then last night at my friend's recital, I met couple girls, one a teacher the other a student, from there visiting this school. We had a good time! You don't just run into people from such a small place all the time. There were only about one hundred students there then. It was really homey and all the students there were pretty much your friends. Many of them were zealous and sincere Christians, not jaded by the tough world. I miss that. People there are somehow different. It's easy to be your honest self without a mask or defense. Perhaps I added a layer since I left that school. But this week’s encounter reminded me of how pleasant it is to be without such a shell.
When I saw the couple from W. College, we had small talks first, but then they began to talk about the situation of the world and the school. Then the lady looked at me straight and asked, “Jesus is coming back really soon, are you ready?” After a moment of hesitation, I replied, “Yes.” After the event, I went to my friends’ then we talked and talked for hours.... Why couldn’t I answer immediately? If she had asked, “Do you love Jesus?” of “Is God working in your life?” I would have said yes right away. What does it mean to be ready for me personally? I've been taught and studied on my own about this topic time to time, so it’s easy to give you the “ready-made answers” but that's not what I'm looking for. I must reset my brain. There's a lot to relearn from God directly as if for the first time....
