Today was my last Sudnay here in Lebanon Luteran. I have three more days to go, and than I will return back home. This week was full of things, that I had to do, or I wanted to do. One of the most precious moments was, when I was siting on the sofa, thinking about my summer here, and i’ve realized how great my summer was, and how blessed I was all the time. Now I’m starting to focus on the return home (25 hours long travelling), and I sometimes find myself dreaming about one more month here with these lovely people.

What i experienced this week?
  • shopping ( I’ve never bought so many things during one day)
  • funeral service
  • theology books shopping
  • a duck landing on my head
The best form this week

Sunday’s service. I’ve never recieved so many hugs in my life. Of course, I was crying, but others were crying too. At the end of the second service, congregation gave me a gift – a blanket. Reason for giving me a blanket is that Winter is coming, which is really famous sentence from one of my most favourite TV shows, which I was wathing whole summer on Sundays evenings with pastor’s family.

I was also preaching, which was really emotinal, because I was spekaking about  being servant of the Lord; and I mentioned how I could saw God’s love through people in congregation. It was great speaking about my experiences here, about great relationships that I’ve built.  Here is a peace of my sermon:

Can be this parable used in different cases? Lord how often should I love my neighbor? As many as seven times? How often should I share blessings that you’ve given me? How often should I help? As many as seven times? Jesus’s answer is the same “Not seven times, but I tell you seventy-seven times” Number seven was the number of fullness. Jesus tells Peter that he should go beyond fullness, beyond his own strength. He should forgive, or love, or help, or whatever is need as much as it is needed. Share the mercy that he has been given.

         Sometimes, in the moments when I am really lazy, or really mad I don’t want to share mercy that I was given by God. I want to seize someone’s throat and shout at them. I bet that everybody knows this feeling. It these moments, If God can show mercy to me, he can also be merciful to the person, who made me mad, and I don’t have to be. The reason why I don’t do seize people’s throats is, that I realize that I might be the only Christian who this person has ever met. I might be the only mirror of God’s love and mercy in someone’s life.