Pilar moments

When I came home from Costa Rica so many people were interested in hearing about my experience- and I loved sharing it! It's fun how I saw myself responding differently to different people. It makes a difference what people ask and who is asking it. So it wasn't until I was having some awesome family time in Petulma that a question was presented to me by Uncle Jim. I don't remember exactly how you worded it but it was something along the lines of what was a pilar or aha! moment that defined my experience in Costa Rica- it made me think about how I've changed as a person and how I've grown spiritually.

I've decided that I don't really run on aha! moments but more pilar like instances that I don't really realize till after- sometimes a long time after. I see myself being more confident in what I choose into. While in C.R I wanted to see God in a way that I had never seen him before. I frequented differnt churches but really built a community with the poeple around me. I saw different characteristics of Jesus in all of my friends; jess's ability to be bubbly all the time, Natalies consideration for others, my host mom's strengh, in the way my host sister loved her son, in the family unit as a whole and how they loved and cared for eachother.

I think that it was Molly who pointed out to me that God created man in his image so whether they are believers of Jesus Christ or not they have characteristics that reflect a piece of who God is. So Good! That's why I can appreciate the friends I have- believer and non believers- because they are each so unique and created by God. I want to try and find that piece in everyone and hope to highlight it in them.

So a few months down the line I'm still realizing how God was moving in me while I was in Costa Rica and now that I'm home. I learned so much about how I am still in the midst of constructing my identidy- and am coming to the realization that I am not defined by other people but I am my own person with all my unique experiences.