"Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi."

Growing up, I remember dreading the long commute from our house to church then from church back to our house. Those long 35 min one way drive felt like forever in the car with my parents. Not long after driving down county road 10 sitting in our snugged maroon ‘91 Toyota Previa, dad would lecture us and give us the run down in life. Lecturing us every time we were together was a common experience for most asian american kids. We had the talk of doing well in school, then it was about finding a good Christian spouse, a lot of time it was about getting a good job to support ourselves when they retire and are deceased, and so on.  

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Though I cannot specifically remember when exactly did I accept Christ as my Lord and Savior, I remember at a young age my mother would hide my sister and I in our parents closet to say scripture verses and sing hymns so my father wouldn’t hear us. At an early age whenever my father would leave work, my mother would pull out the Bible and read to us. She would teach us to pray, sing hymns and told us who God was. I could barely remember those dark days, but much had changed since then.

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So God wrecked my world again. This ain’t anything new, but it sure was powerful. It’s been two days and I’m still reflecting and chewing on it.

My Journey Group (church small group) have been going to Compass Ministries to help out their Sunday church program, Kids Church. If you don’t know, Compass is a non-profit organization that does afterschool programs to reach urban city kids. Most of them are from broken homes and live in the worst areas of Omaha.

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“Now, some people think the Bible is a book of rules, telling you what you should do and shouldn’t do. The Bible certainly does have some rules in it. They show you how life works best. But the Bible isn’t mainly about you and what you should be doing. It’s about God and what he has done. 

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