And they all laughed...

I was sharing today for the first time through a translator. I was so glad that the man translating is a friend of our family. It seemed to make it easier. Although, when he translated, "then we were married" and "I want to talk about my call to be a wife and a mother" everyone broke out into laughter.

But what struck me the most were the questions afterwards about my home country. The local people wanted to know what God my countrymen believe in. It was incomprehensible that they would not believe in something. So our friend tried to respond, but he has never been out of his country either. And then I stepped in and shared that most people would say that they believe that God exists, but then they live like He doesn't affect anything...well, that was so funny to them...they all roared with laughter.

I never thought about the disjoint of that sequence of belief. But the more I think about it, the more nonsensical it seems. If He exists then the sensible thing would be to find out what He wants...

So the lesson I learned today was that if I believe in God's existence then I better find out what He wants because He's much bigger than me and has a clearer perspective...

I have two more lessons to teach and I'll post the lessons I am learning.