Namaste

Namaste-it's a greeting used in the Indian culture.  It's meaning?  Roughly translated, it means "I see the light of God in you."

This morning, I was sitting at work, pondering how pointless and out of place I felt in my job.  God is so great, He created me for a purpose, but there are days where my job just does not seem like I am fulfilling that at all.  How does the time I'm spending there have any relation to eternal glory?  I took a prospective student to his audition for music scholarships today, and talk about our music program.  The whole time I was sitting there I was questioning my purpose, my calling, and wondering if I am really in the right place.  I feel like God is changing me (still, again?) this summer, and that's a great thing!  He's making me a new creation in His image-but what does this mean for my earthly life?  Anyway, long story short, I start talking to this mom while the boy toured our theater.  She started talking about her life, and how she has this one "natural" son, but then 8 adopted kids.  EIGHT!  That's crazy-crazy in a awesome way.  She talked about some of her college experiences, about raising her kids-you could just see her love for her kids and her love and utmost respect for God as she talked.  I was seeing the light of God in her eyes well before she ever said anything about God.  She made one comment that is kind of sticking with me today-that you have to leave room for God to work.  She was talking about this in relation with an undeclared major, something that in our society just seems wrong.  To go through much of college with an undeclared major is basically saying "I have no life goals."  That's how it's viewed.  It's one of those things-the world hates it, but God has a different idea.  Her and her son were such a blessing to me this morning; God really spoke to me through them.  I LOVE those reminders from God saying, "Hey, I'm here in ANY circumstance."  God will lead.  Will we follow?  Namaste, friends.  What an awesome morning.