Morphoo

How often I take second best! How often I will settle! Emily and I stood waiting for the 39 bus to come our way to take us to the Honeypool for a refreshing cup of whip cream-covered coffee, and started to chat about the movie we'd just seen. The team made a deal on New Year's day off right with a movie marathon together, that happened to turn into watching only two movies: Little Women and Braveheart. The latter was the main topic of discussion. "Yeah, it may have seemed okay at first for the men to take the land and take what the English government offered them. They were getting land and protection, but they also were being deceived. It was not the true freedom they desired, but a false imiation of it, that left them prone to abuse and a life of fear." Emily said along those lines. As we continued to talk about it I couldn't help but think of all the times I settle for what the world has to offer me, which can seem great with "land" but never brings the true freedom I desire. It is only through the true freedom from Him that I can really live life.

When you know the taste of freedom you can help, but desire to share it with those around you. I am finished with my exams and grading now and am blessed to have a flexible schedule to hang out with the students before they leave for their winter holiday. With both the New Year and the Chinese New Year on our minds it is easy to chat with the students. What do they desire for the next year? Do they have any new goals for their lives? Is there something they would like to differently? I've gotten a lot of study more answers, but my hope is some of the students are really thinking about how their lives could be different in the upcoming year. The same goes for myself as well. I never desire the place of stagnation! In a study I do in the mornings I came across the Greek word morphoo, which means "the inward and real formation of the essential nature of a person." It often was used to describe the embryo in a mother's body as it forms and grows. My hope for myself in 2009 is as I am being more conformed to the image of Him, that the complete essences of my nature will be changed. I want to be a person who will not settle!