My oh my what a busy couple days it’s been. With my aunt and uncle in town I’ve been working as their tour guide all weekend long. As tiring as it is to be walking around all day, I’m so appreciative that they’re willing to feed me while I’m with them. Food, along with many other things, is the key to my happiness. On our first full day of seeing sights we walked down all of Passeig de Gracia and Las Ramblas. Though we didn’t do any shopping, it was fun getting to walk down the whole street rather than stopping at my favorite stores like I normally do. Once we reached the end of Las Ramblas we hit the Mirador de Colon. In English this means the Columbus statue! Here you can see Columbus pointing towards America, even though America is actually in the direction. My guess is that he’s pointing in the direction of the route he took to get America. That same night I also had connect group with people from the Hillsong church. With all my traveling lately I haven’t even able to make it to connect group. I must say that although very difficult, it was completely worth going! Because the whole night is spoken in Spanish there was a lot of translating in my head and practicing my Spanish. Even with the language barrier though, I was able to understand the lesson of the night and follow along with it. Our lovely leader, and a woman I’ve quickly befriended, talked about worship and having a heart of worship. She explained to us how worship is more than just singing songs on a Sunday, but worship is the things you do everyday in your life. Worshiping God can be through all kinds of actions that we do everyday. She asked us the question of what we though the difference between adoration and worship was. While I was too shy to speak in Spanish, I think that adoration fits into worship. Adoring God can be a form or motive of worship, but to worship requires that you actually go out and fulfill an action. In my life, I think I worship God by trusting the plan he has for my life. Now this might not be a very direct and concrete action, but by trusting him in that area of my life I’m giving up my own control and believing in him completely. Often times I try to plan out my entire life and set everything up the way I want it, but that doesn’t always work out. I’ve come to learn that God has a plan for me that I won’t know until it’s time to fulfill it. Right now I’m living in the plan he set for me, and I can’t wait to find out what else is in store! Adios!
