I can't believe it's snowing... again!

I just spent a lovely weekend with dearest Victoria at Missionfest. We went to see the key-note speaker, Dr. Yonggi-Cho, on Friday night, followed by a gathering with Victoria's MCBC fellowship at Allen's apartment by the sky-dome. I had so much fun, and I'm so thankful for Victoria having me along. It felt so much like time spent after CCF meetings that it made me want to hop on a bus for Waterloo right there and then! Everybody was so welcoming, and we had a great time, playing BomberMan, speed Scrabble, big Two, and just chilling and talking about what we learned that night.

The next day was full of seminars and looking around at the exhibits. Everything was very informative, and my mind has been pried open to see some new perspectives. I was also very excited when I found that there are Christian universities that offer teacher's college. One that I am particularly interested in is called Liberty University, in Virginia. For just one year, I would walk out with a Master's of Education, which would be completely transferable to teach anywhere in Canada, and the price was almost the same as what I pay for Waterloo. Exciting opportunities are out there!

One thing that Dr. Yonggi-Cho said was that "the Lamb" is the answer to all our problems. I've always "known" this, but I think that I only applied this fact to spiritual matters. Dr. Yonggi-Cho blew down that belief, and presented his suggestion that Jesus meant that this also applies to our more immediate needs as well. He drew upon the story of the Exodus. I never thought about this, but moving a nation of three million people would not be easy, especially since there were elderly people, sick people, invalids. But the Bible says that there were no invalids among them. Surely, with how they were treated by the Egyptians, many would have been invalid before the Passover, but something about the Lamb transformed them. The Lamb nowadays, of course, is Jesus Christ.

Dr. Yonggi-Cho also presented us with a sort of challenge. He said that we can choose faith, or we can choose fear. Now fear is something that I have always struggled with. I suppose it is something that everybody struggles with, but I have been held captive of many fears for my whole life. I have never considered fear to be the opposite of faith though, and faith being a choice and not a feeling, this would imply that if you choose faith, you do not choose fear. And vice versa, if you choose fear, you have rejected faith. Then he asked us, "Will you choose fear, or will you choose faith?" I sat frozen in my seat as I thought, "Who in their right mind would choose fear when the alternative is faith?" At that moment, I felt liberated from all the things that have held me prisoner for so long. I know, however, that like any journey, taking the first step on a journey of faith does not mean that you will never lose your footing. As Mrs. Lin used to say, "Music is not instant coffee," and neither is faith. I know that it is something I will have to build on. I will have to continually trust, and continually strive to stay on the path. But I ask you again, who in their right mind would choose fear over faith? That person used to be me, but not anymore.