Well its been quite a while since I last wrote, its not that I haven’t wanted to write but with many deadlines etc it made it quite difficult even spare a few moments. I also have been moving around as I have yet to be living in a permanent place, so that has also made it a little difficult to cultivate my thoughts, emotions and the experiences that I have been having over the last few weeks.
Well im rapidally approaching the 2 month mark and what a whirlwind it has been, lots of ups and down, highs and lows of being out of your comfort zone. March has almost come and gone and I have not shared much with you of my journey so far… but I suppose that’s ok. I learn something new everyday about myself about life and about God, sometimes this is all to overwhelming and its hard to express, but these may all be summated in the God, because without him; me, you and life would cease to exist.
A question that has been on my mind for the past little while is whether everything is connected, is God apart of the everyday detail of our lives? Does he care about the ‘insignificant trivialities that we experience day to day’? I hope I will be able to illustrate that the answer to this question is a resounding YES, its has to be! Maybe we just lead lives that make us more and more disconnected so when we question the ways things are, we end up confused, frustrated and we harbour doubt and unbelief. Something that I have come to know is that revelation and understand and learning, is process. We are here on earth to journey to discover the deep mystery of the universe, at the heart of the matter we are discovers that need to discover how to walk in the abundance and in the power that God has promised us.
I have meet many new people over the last few weeks, I have attended a number of awesome events, such as the Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournament, Dune bashing in the desert, beaching, brunching, Souk (market) visits, Musuem Visits, Mosque Cultural experience… etc etc ( I will try upload some pics and notes about these various experiences). Dubai is a place were worlds and cultures collide, it is a place were humanity tries to define itself or its identity in what it achieves, what it has and what it will have in the future.
Times in Dubai are very uncertain, especially in the markets and in business, as they are world wide. However, this reminds me that we need to build our lives on a God who does not change, who is constant, the same yesterday, today and forever. A God who provides for our every need. Everything in this life is temporary and everything built by human hands will one day fade away. The band Delirious, ask the question in their latest album, Are we building a kingdom of comfort or the Kingdom of God. Wow that question has never really left me. it is so challenging to ask ourselves, is what we do, spend money on for our own kingdoms or the kingdom of God…(I have a long way to go)> Is life all about us or is it all about God? I think this has significance when we are trying to figure out how everything is connected, or for that matter disconnected and we attempt to connected it all together but end up failing. I belief that God is interested in every detail of our lives, he wants a relationship with us that is so intimate that he shares all our joy and sorrows . He is a God who is involved in our everyday and our everything, for it is in Him (Jesus) that everything is held together.
There have been times here where I have felt like I haven’t had it all together, where I have only been thinking about my own kingdom, my own needs desires… in these times I have lost focus about what God has planned, not only for my life but for the world. How selfish , we invariably act as though we are god and have all the power and the control, but the reality is that we don’t. Yes times can be hard… life can be dark, but God is there through it all, we have his grace his mercy his love and most of all His spirit… Is it not Him who lives in US? So when life looks a little bleak and things don’t make sense… look up at the sky, know that its going to be alright, it really will be, the sun will rise tomorrow and it’s a new opportunity for a new day, realise that the shadow proves the sunshine. Let us walk as children of the light.
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