The Transplant

Well hello there dear friends of mine!

I have officially arrived at Briercrest in Caronport after flying 4500kms to Toronto and then jumping in a car and driving 3000kms back out West to find myself situated in the beautiful flatlands of Saskatchewan. Since arriving the work load has piled up high, but I look forward to a semester of rigorous learning. This is me with my new reading glasses preparing for my class on Studies in Spiritual Theology (translation: Prayer).

O gee I do love you all so much! I am very interested to know how each of you are doing though! Please send emails (justinlenny@gmail.com) or find me on Skype or call me as soon as we get phones hooked up in our new place.

I believe today was the day many of you were heading home from Qwanoes for the final time in 2010 (though I hope many of you return to help at retreats!). You may remember our conversation about being transplanted out of the greenhouse. Some of you have been transplanted for many weeks now, and some of you are just about to find out what it's like. There's no doubt the conditions are harsher (that shouldn't surprise us). There's no doubt that the sunlight with it's warmth and nutrients can be harder to find at times. There's no doubt that while there's no shortage of water we often plant ourselves far from the stream. However, with all these tough conditions for growth, I believe one of the primary reasons Jesus had you at Qwanoes in CIT this summer was so that your roots would grow down deep and so that these harsh conditions would not uproot you. I believe He had you there so that you would taste how good it is to grow and to be fed and nourished by your Master. I believe you were there so that upon returning home you would have developed an appetite for not just good things in this world, but the best things God has for you in this life. He has filled you with good dreams, now pray them and act them into reality. He has asked for ALL of you, now continue to ask what ALL entails and how He desires you to surrender (likely even what he desires you to surrender). May He grow each and every one of you up into Oaks of Righteousness.

Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1)

"See you in February if all goes as planned!"