{"id":506,"date":"2007-11-14T23:55:15","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T21:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boerenroem.nl\/2007\/11\/14\/greeks-giants\/"},"modified":"2007-11-14T23:55:15","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T21:55:15","slug":"greeks-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boerenroem.nl\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/14\/greeks-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Greeks & Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog seems to turn into a travel blog, because my last update was on the trip to the States, and tomorrow I’ll be off for another trip, this time to Greece. But in between a lot is happening as well, for which I do not always find the time or the right words to write about. I’ve been busy with many different things: today I finally got to sit down with the great guys from HQ School<\/a>, our artistic-discipleship ministry. A unique ministry with unique people, with a passion to see young people find their God-given destiny. Yesterday I met up with Open Doors, another unique ministry (but not ours, of course), which was very inspiring. But it ain’t all gold that glitters. In the night before, I wrestled with a number of difficult things (at least, difficult from my perspective). And I believe God told me that night to go out and kill those giants – to get those things out of the way of in order to move ahead. He pointed me to the biblical story of the spies who went into the Promised Land: 10 said it would be impossible to conquer it (and they were certainly right from a human perspective), and only 2 looked at it from Gods perspective: with Gods help, they would certainly be able to take possession of the land. So they did, and in the same way I believe that we can kill the giants that we face: finances, lack of resources, difficult relationships, whatever.<\/p>\n

So, tomorrow I’ll be of to biblical grounds: Thessaloniki. Looking forward to see some ancient history there. I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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