Not Too Late
One of our church pastors, Rev. Raggi Aungon, lent me a book written by David Platt two Sundays ago. The book was a narrative of Platt’s trek to the Himalayas and how that trek became a life-changing experience for him. I gained a lot of snippets from the book and few reflections I’d love to share with people. As I write this journal, there is stir in my heart on going back to writing. This time, however, it is no longer about the things here below but on things above. “These teachers are passionate about both physical need [in this case, education] and spiritual need [in every case, the gospel]. They don’t choose between the two, even while they prioritize the spiritual. They know education is huge for opening up all kinds of opportunities. But they also know that education alone won’t open eternal life,” Aaron said to David when they visited a school in the Himalayas. The teachers there aren’t some kind of paraprofessional teachers whom few or a lot of us deem as less compe...