Turn Your Brain Off

On this last mission trip, I noted the fulfillment of a particular longing that I had not noticed before. Guys (and some ladies, apparently) are always trying to turn their brains off, to keep themselves from thinking. This can be done through a variety of means, video games being a big one. I realized part of the way through the trip that at no point during our days there was I trying to quiet down my brain, to shut it up.

The thing is, it all simplifies. You leave for the trip as prepared as you're going to be. When you get there, you have what you have, and that's that. Your task is simply to spread the gospel and better the lives of the people there. No drama, no issues, nothing else. What's right and wrong is white and black, and though your theology may not be perfect, that won't get in the way of anything.

It should be said that the lack of need to slow your brain's roll also comes from the fact that you are exhausted and hungry at every moment while also striving to present yourself in a way befitting Christ.