{"id":2662,"date":"2021-02-02T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:08:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:08:28","slug":"transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2021\/transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Professors aren\u2019t known for their personal transparency.  It seems part of the job description to keep up a good image and look like we have it all together.<\/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

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God put me in a situation where that job description was challenged with another one:  be vulnerable and talk about what God has done in my life.<\/p>

On a summer project with Cru in Poland at \u201cSpeak Out\u201d English camp for Polish students, I taught students in English about leadership, but the goal was also to find an opportunity to share my testimony and faith in Jesus.<\/p>

I planned on doing this on the fourth day when we got to the subject of trust.  My intent was to share how I came from a naturalistic perspective and had a hard time believing in supernatural things, even after I came to faith. Over time, as I learned to trust Jesus in smaller things, my willingness to trust him for more grew, and I started to accept that God could still move in supernatural ways. It blended in well with the material that day and I felt comfortable with this approach.<\/p>

That morning I did as I planned, but we finished the session 15 minutes early. Then I felt the Spirit prompting me to share the most difficult journey of my life when I needed to trust God in a life or death situation.<\/p>

While the story ties in well with my testimony, it\u2019s a subject that is still hard for me to share without getting overly emotional. The previous night I had decided I would mention there is more to the story and students could ask me later, but I would not share it in front of the whole group because I didn\u2019t want to get emotional in front of the students.<\/p>

But now the Spirit was prompting me to do so.<\/p>

Reluctantly, I stood back up and began to unfold my story of immense pain and struggle.   <\/p>

When my wife was pregnant with twins, tragic complications made it almost certain they would not survive.  We were utterly devastated and cried out to God. I still vividly remember the pain and angst my wife and I felt throughout that ordeal. Amazingly God\u2019s divine intervention allowed my sons to be born and thrive (which even the doctors couldn\u2019t explain)!  Both boys overcame a tumultuous start and are now healthy adults. God had done something supernatural.<\/p>

True to form, I got teary-eyed and choked up. But it was a powerful story that impacted the students.<\/p>

During the camp, two students received Christ and others rededicated their lives; some of those students later pointed to my story as a major factor in their decision.<\/p>

I am so thankful I said yes to the Lord to share my weak times so God could use them for His glory.<\/p>

On most occasions, it\u2019s appropriate to keep an emotional distance from students.  But sometimes, as the Spirit leads, God can powerfully use a moment of transparency to touch students\u2019 hearts in a way that nothing else can.<\/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

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Larry Heimann<\/b>
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