So Much Learning....

Hello from the Millers! We have been busy working and doing lots of learning... sometimes we feel like to we have little time to process all that we're learning which can be frustrating. Ben has been a very hard worker lately, working many hours at Red Lobster. His managers love him, which is nothing new... his bosses always love him :) He started server training last week which he is very excited about as we thought he was going to have to wait until we came back in August for him to serve. He has really enjoyed it so far. I have one more week of work left, and 3 weeks from today is my due date! It's so hard to believe! While I will miss some of the people I have gotten to know through my six months at Family Video, it will be nice to be done.

So here are some things that I have been learning/thinking about. Last week we had a speaker in chapel named Brad Buser. He is middle-age and spent 20 years in a tribe in Papua New Guinea with New Tribes. Here are some things he said, that I wrote down as they made me think:

"Remember to look to the Word to find calling in life and not inward" (at what I'm passionate about, good at, etc.)

"Just because everyone's doing it doesn't mean it has a biblical basis." (Be careful with just following the American Christian norm)

"Will you die to the things you're really passionate about?"

"In Malachi, God says, in a sense, 'I want it all or keep it all.'" (He doesn't want us to just give some of ourselves) ... I didn't write down what chapter we were reading from in Malachi and am being lazy right now and don't feel like looking it up.

"Obedience is a long, difficult road" (We looked at Abraham and Isaac's story)

One thing Brad really made me think about is how in American Christianity, we often stress looking at ourselves, at what we're good at, and then deciding what we will do with our lives instead of stressing looking at the Word first. The more I think about this, the more true I realize this is, and I've been struggling as I think through this. I know God gives us gifts and passions for a reason, but I think Brad is right. We put too much emphasis on our talents and passions for deciding what we will do in our life rather than looking at God's heartbeat in the Bible which is first of all for those who are lost and also for those who are poor, sick, and in need.

I have more thoughts but don't want to bombard you with too many for now, so I will end here. Maybe our next update will include a picture of a cute baby!!