vogeltje wrote:
He changes His mind, so before he told you for example Dari and now Korean. Maybe He wants that you'll help the norht Korean refugees. It's very bad for them when they escape North Korea and live in China, because China takes them back if they find them and North Korea is truly terrible with the repression, spies, and hunger. I wonder why He told you to learn French.
Realistically, I look back and think it was my choice and only my choice to attempt Dari; my attitude was more like "Lord, I want to learn Dari! I'll make it happen!" And it turned out not to be fun. I find that if I do as He says, then my life is more pleasant.
I feel that eventually I'm called to move out the U.S., and possibly to Europe. I confess the Korean seems more strange than French.
vogeltje wrote:God doesn't tell me what to do, but St Francis said that there are lots of birds in cages and dogs on the streets in Spain who need help, so of course I want to help them. Also the bears in the countries where they are cruel and for exmaple they must dance and live in a small cage. St Francis didn't say that I had to learn Spanish, but it would be useful, obvoulsy. I think that the bears are in China, but I can't learn Chinese, it's too difficult, so I will probably donate some money to the bear charities.
what I like about being a Christian, is that He doesn't expect me to fix the world; He might call me to a single task, or maybe a few tasks, and I can have peace about that. There are a lot of injustices in the world, and ugliness, but I believe it's not forever; for those that call Him Lord, we'll see the new Heaven and new Earth.