PART III
 

      I have come to the conclusion that from the time you say yes to Jesus you are in school--not to learn the three R's. No.  This school consists of learning about God and His ways,  getting to know Him.  I don't think you ever graduate from this school either.  You just keep on learning how to be like Jesus, a life time project.

      I guess you come to plateaus with periods of reasonable tranquility, maybe.  It depends on how teachable or pliable you become in the Potter's hands.

      Just  when you think you have moved to a new level, you find yourself back at square one, wondering if you will ever make the grade.  I don't know about you, but I doubt if I'll ever learn anything without some hard lessons.

      Sometimes I wonder why God hasn't given up on such a hard-headed individual as I have been.  But He keeps on loving me and teaching me things I need to know.  The Bible says God looks at the heart, so I guess He thinks I'm teachable.  I thank God for His mercy and kindness to me.

      Part III consists of some early lessons from before and after my trips to China.

      One Scripture the Lord gave me repeatedly is Jeremiah 6:16:  This is what the Lord says:  "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls."

      My prayer is: "Oh Lord, keep me on Your path."