I'm sitting here tonight listening to Arie and Koen carrying on their nightly ritual. A variety of sounds can be heard emanating from Koen's room on any given night. On this particular night there is laughter and lots of it, although not accompanied by the usual sound effects. Anyone who knows Koen knows what I mean. It's refreshing to hear, with or without the sound effects.
My dear friend, Ashley, gave us a movie to watch tonight. We popped it in and watched over our bowls of tortellini and garlic bread. The movie was "A Midnight Clear." This movie probably won't be winning any awards. It doesn't have a super happy ending. In fact, the ending was a little ambiguous, but it reminded me about life...it's just a little ambiguous sometimes. What is our purpose? Each person has one.
Chaplain Chaney's service today touched on the same subject - purpose in the Christian sense, each person's purpose in the kingdom of God. We get so excited to share our ski trip stories, our accomplishments or our "you won't guess what happened today" stories. What about the amazing stories of what God has done in our lives? I was reminded that I'm not responsible for how people will respond, if at all, to my story. I'm just responsible for telling it. Let God work out the details.
So I'm ending the day full of questions, for myself, and for anyone else who wants to partake of my questions - not for sharing the answers, but for having the hope that comes with the fruitful search. I'm reminded of a treasure hunt and the Japanese word that Koen taught me - Ata!, which means, "I found it!" Life is also like that - alternating questions and moments of epiphany, after which we all hope to be able to utter those words - ata!
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