It's been a while... let's talk about the olympics

So here's the deal. I volunteered at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games! Sounds pretty amazing right? Well in some ways it was for sure. The world's best athletes coming together to compete on the world stage. People from all over the world came to support their athletes. Canada all rejoiced over Sidney Crosby's "Golden Goal" and everyone was feeling pretty good about the record number of gold medals as well.

But then I thought about how many people would remember these games in 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years and I realized that even something as great as the olympics will one day only live in a dusty history book on a library shelf. Yes Even the golden goal will be forgotten. It will not have eternal significance.

There were things that happened at the olympics that did have eternal significance. And that makes me happy... no not happy, joyful.

It was amazing to go into a work setting with the intention of praying and sharing what God's been doing in my life this year and throughout my life.

There were definitely times of despair, but the joy outweighed it in the end.

I got opportunities to share the gospel with people and talk about awesome things God's been doing in my life.

I planted some seeds, watered others, and now get to pray that God would make them grow.

Praise God for giving us eternal purpose. Pray that I would be seeing that purpose rather than the temporary ones the worlds trying to make me settle for.