Sunday Ponderings on Bojo Beach

Eight degrees above the equator plus an Atlantic oceanside beach equals ______ ?

But when you’re a Canadian who has studied all summer, you gotta start somewhere.

I had a lovely day of rest. Time to journal. Time to read. And y’all who have highly recommended the book Friend-ish by Kelly Needham, I downloaded it yesterday because it’s exactly where I feel I need significant growth and only a few pages into it, I’ve been so convicted already! So thanks! I’m super excited for it! Here’s a quote in it from Paul Tripp that hit home:

Sin is fundamentally antisocial, because sin causes me to love me more than anything else and to care for me more than anything else. Living for myself and the satisfaction of my selfish desires dehumanizes the people in my life. No longer are they people to me. No longer are they objects of my affection and service. No, my loved ones and friends are reduced to vehicles to help me get what I want or to obstacles in the way of what I want.”

~P. Tripp

Wow. I do honestly love my friends, but I’ve been guilty at times of using them for my selfish satisfactions. I do just want to grow deeper in the way I love others.

I’m learning more and more as I observe the beautiful people here in Ghana that they have so much to offer. Though it can be challenging for an introvert to easily initiate conversation and build relationships, these things have definitely been the things I am hoping for during my time here. I want to absorb the wealth that each person brings and connect with them in meaningful ways. A dear lady who has since entered the heavenly realms of eternity once told me that “[you] can learn something from every single person” (H. Fieldhouse) and I believe it to be very true.

Lord, make me a studious and faithful friend!

P. S. Did I already tell you I have the best roommate?! Today’s treat is just a smidgeon of all she is!