{"id":1706,"date":"2014-02-04T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:11:04","slug":"strength-in-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2014\/strength-in-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength in Weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1706\" class=\"elementor elementor-1706\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca4e407 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca4e407\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e7571b\" data-id=\"3e7571b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395a9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"395a9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was never a cutting-edge scholar or dynamic orator during my career in academia. I was, however, in love with the Lord Jesus Christ.&nbsp; By His grace, God led me one spring to be part of a Faculty Commons short-term mission to universities in South Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7808db1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7808db1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6737484\" data-id=\"6737484\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa28a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa28a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although unsure how I might contribute, I was excited to be a part of this amazing outreach. Yet my willingness to be used by God did not exempt me from adversities \u2014 before, during, and after this trip.&nbsp; At the time, I suffered from severe stomach disorders.&nbsp; We were, of course, asked to speak before several campus groups.&nbsp; Each day, I feared I would not have the stamina and clarity to present my lectures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eecdd3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eecdd3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b12320\" data-id=\"8b12320\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e51707a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e51707a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unusual Freedom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c34c9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c34c9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e7c5ea\" data-id=\"0e7c5ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7cdf56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7cdf56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To my amazement each time I approached the podium, I felt completely free of pain.\u00a0 In workshops for Christian faculty, I explained how I integrated the Gospel into my teaching of German language and culture. These workshops led to conversations with individuals afterward.<\/p><p>One day, a Cru student leader introduced me to a science professor whose wife had been urging him to come to faith in Christ.\u00a0 He expressed interest but had not yet come to a decision. He said he felt he just needed a push. Sensing the Holy Spirit\u2019s leading, I shared my story with him. Though my journey with the Lord made sense to him, he still was not ready to accept Christ\u2019s forgiveness for himself.\u00a0 Later, as our group was boarding the plane for our flight home, news came that he had indeed finally yielded to Christ.<\/p><p>After I had returned home, I heard that the talk I gave to the faculty at Johannesburg College opened new doors for our host professor to share Christ with other profs and also several small student groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b4da41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b4da41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7226f2d\" data-id=\"7226f2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4063e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4063e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New Challenges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fecd383 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fecd383\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55c7133\" data-id=\"55c7133\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f34b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29f34b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Back home, new challenges revealed the New Testament reminder that we serve at times out of our weaknesses.\u00a0 First, I received several mean-spirited teaching evaluations&#8212;something I had never faced before. On that same day, I found myself in a verbal confrontation with an out-of-control lab technician.\u00a0 Almost overnight, I had plunged from the spiritual African mountaintop experience into a valley of frustration and disappointment.\u00a0<\/p><p>Hadn\u2019t I done what God wanted?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-284281c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"284281c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df8da9f\" data-id=\"df8da9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1cafe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1cafe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Help in Time of Need<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d681b6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d681b6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75b8a20\" data-id=\"75b8a20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6048c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6048c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next morning, God graciously intervened.\u00a0 A custodian left a beautiful drawing with words of encouraging Scripture on my desk.\u00a0 God clearly led this young man to provide encouragement, because he had no way of knowing of my frustration. More drawings arrived daily.\u00a0 Gradually, we developed a friendship.\u00a0 I learned about his problems and his need for mutual encouragement.\u00a0 By his simple expressions of faith through art, this building custodian encouraged me to continue to share Christ with others on my own campus, even as I had done in South Africa.<\/p><p>Through all this God reminded me that although we are weak, the Lord can use our trials to increasingly transform our lives as we yield to Him and step out in faith.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de6541e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de6541e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f1ce81\" data-id=\"9f1ce81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92f3b3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92f3b3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Duane Keilstrup<\/b><br \/><span>Professor Emeritus German<br \/><\/span><span>University of Texas-Arlington<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was never a cutting-edge scholar or dynamic orator during my career in academia. 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