{"id":18897,"date":"2017-05-18T07:29:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/?p=18897"},"modified":"2017-05-18T07:29:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T05:29:11","slug":"loves-how-about-a-strong-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/loves-how-about-a-strong-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Loves? How about a strong Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,<\/p>\n

but he who hates correction is stupid.” -Proverbs 12:1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know, I’d be lying to pretend like I always want to study Portuguese. Five hours per day sometimes makes me come unglued. Not in like an Incredible Hulk chaos, but more like a potato chip staring at the wall. I got nothing to offer here, people.<\/p>\n

Self-discipline. People, sometimes I just don’t wanna! (said in the best preschool whine).<\/p>\n

Ever felt that way? Ever heard those words come out of your mouth?<\/p>\n

Loves discipline? Really, God? How about just\u00a0a strong like?<\/p>\n

Yeah, that’s the real of it.<\/p>\n

And then you don’t like the taste of those words. They just hang there all ugly-like.<\/p>\n

So then you get up and go listen to your vocabulary recording again.<\/p>\n

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One of my friends said it best:<\/p>\n

“You don’t fully realize the gift of tongues until you’re trying to learn a foreign language.” – from a friend learning Mandarin Chinese<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now THAT’S a language. Oh my! Maybe Portuguese isn’t so bad…. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The gift of tongues! Instant ability to communicate the Gospel without a single hour of studying… Ha! If only…\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

“Whoever loves discipline…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do I love discipline? Self-discipline?<\/p>\n

I have been praying for a while now to have a heart for learning Portuguese. Cause you know, then like it won’t feel like death EVERY hour of studying. But I can honestly tell you that I have yet to really have a heart for knowledge.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m broken. Or just super not interested in the world of college study mode anymore. But I’m so thankful that He HAS answered my prayers with a heart for the hot mess people here. And to make things clear, I think all people everywhere are hot messes – just in different ways. I’m so thankful for God stepping into our hot mess to make something beautiful of our hearts.<\/p>\n

Anyway…. back to the grind of fluency.<\/p>\n

And if you have a moment, please join me in praying for self-discipline for Matt and I both in this process. (Sigh) It’s killer hard work when you really just want to flake out after 7 months of constant fighting with the language.<\/p>\n

Thanks for joining me on this super anti-climactic moment of internal wrestling over self-discipline. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

He will triumph!<\/p>\n

– One step at a time.<\/p>\n

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