Yes, my five month trip to Uganda is now at an end. I’ve been home for several weeks now, and an finally getting back to this blog. I hope to be more faithful with it in the future. Here’s how I know I’m back in the states: I’m sitting in a Caribou Coffee shop sipping decaf, and it happens to be open mic night. The place is very full of mostly high school aged kids, with people who have trouble staying on pitch strumming the guitar. The only thing missing is the synthesized drum set…

Coming back to the States wasn’t the shock I thought it would be. What I do feel is that in Uganda I came to a number of convictions, and really underwent a lot of good change. Being back in familiarity, I feel the constant pull to spiritual regression. The pull is to just be the same, to not live out any real change. Oswald Chambers in one place talks about the real power not being on the mountain top, but in the descent. How are you when you come down? How are you doing when you face the humdrum of life making war against all spiritual passion and sanctification? That’s what I’m facing now. So in an effort to combat this, I wrote a number of clearly stated resolutions for myself. And for this last entry on Uganda, I will share these resolutions with you. They are stated in the Edwardsian fashion, so bear with me. Each of these resolutions was expanded upon in previous entries. They are basically a compilation of the most significant things I learned which I want to stay with me.

Resolutions from Uganda, by Jeremy Huff, 11/24/07

1. Resolved, to fuel my heart with a passion for God’s global mission, and my own reflective mission.

2. Resolved, to always be involved in overseas missions in some way.

3. Resolved, to be a reflection of God’s glory wherever I am, and to use my house, job, family, and church as beacons to the lost world around me.

4. Resolved, to be fully and unhesitatingly obedient to God in whatever he lays on my heart and mind to do, no matter how risky or radical it may seem from an earthly perspective, and to constantly be breaking down the barriers to disobedience.

5. Resolved, to care more about the pursuit of holiness and God than about what people may think of me.

6. Resolved, when I feel God working in a given moment to make full use of that moment, and get all that he is giving, wasting no conversation, thought, or reading.

7. Resolved, to not entertain thoughts about not doing something God has told me to do, and to not entertain thoughts about doing things that God has told me not to do.

8. Resolved, to carry out these resolutions by the grace of God and be a doer, a TRUE doer, not just a feeler or a writer or a hearer who deceives himself.

 In future entries I will address other issues I see around me, and things I face in seminary. For my next entry I want to expand upon why I believe it’s wrong for Christians to break copyright laws, one of those “little sins” which to me is indicative of a heart that does not trust God. I will continue to write a new post every week or so. Thanks to all of you who actually read this blog, and have been praying for me.

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