HEY! So right now, I'm pretty hyper. I had a cup of coffee and a red bull so bear with me on this one. (Reasoning for destroying my body: I am working from 9 PM until 6 AM for Black Friday- and I need all the energy I can get!) I have never really consumed an energy drink but they really are powerful! My friends would love it if they could be here right now. S/O Morgan, Jessie and Allie. But seriously, I don't recommend these especially to people who are like me and are ALREADY hyper to begin with. So once again, bear with me.
Happy Thanksgiving! Isn't it so great.. we have this one day to just be so thankful and nothing else. I keep seeing things like, "why count your blessings today, why not everyday?" I strongly agree, but I bet you about 10% of people will actually follow through with that. I know the Word talks a lot about giving thanks and not to let your prayers become too selfish, because the Lord deserves to be thanked too, you know? I mean look at all He's done in our lives! We better be thankful. You'll find so much more joy in thanking Him rather than complaining to Him asking, "why?" Trust me :)
I was reading my old YL leader's blog www.lindzcomb.blogspot.com and she talked a little bit about me :') and how you guys can have hope by knowing that the LORD can transform not only someone's life but their SOUL! It's real! I've seen it happen in a matter of not even three years. She helped this happen and without her I wouldn't be where I am today! I am so thankful for her whether she knows it or not. I pray to God that He blesses her everyday and that she will just take flight in making her community a community of BELIEVERS and that she will be encouraged by Him to take bigger steps everyday to changing the world. If you're reading this right now Linds, PTL for bringing you into my life. FORREAL can I get an amen! Gosh guys, think about it, where would you be without that one accountability partner that helped the Lord drastically change your life?
So just some updates since the last update which wasn't too long ago... Today my car broke down. I know horrible right?! Actually it wasn't. I broke out in a hot sweat but after that I pretty much brushed it off. I mean my car was parked at a Wal-Mart.. and there were a lot of people there. Like it could've been much worse! I said you know what? God new that my car was going to break down today, and if He didn't want it to happen He wouldn't have let it. And I was SO comforted in that that I just rolled down the windows (it wasn't completely dead thankfully) and reclined my seat and was on my way. (not literally, hehe) It was so relaxing, and most of all I was happy. Who do you know that's happy about their car breaking down?
I've been listening to Christmas music so much lately. My favorite song so far is competing for it's spot.. it's either Mistletoe by Justin Bieber (I can't resist.) Or Baby, It's Cold Outside by The Glee Cast.. It's literally SO great! Just makes me wanna dance. I'm so so so excited for this season. And I'm not even thinking about presents! I know the Lord is going to do so much in my area this Christmas season. I've already seen Him working so much this past week! At my church, we are giving away jawstring bags to fill up with Christmas gifts for boys and girls who don't really have a Christmas at all. We started off with 25,000 bags and by the end of this past weekend.. ALL OF THEM WERE GONE!!! It was seriously one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. So many people wanting to give! It was truly amazing. It made me think of at Work Crew when we'd ask each other where we had seen God that day, that's what I would've told them. So basically, the Lord has blessed me so much and right now all I can talk to Him about is how much I am thankful for what He's been doing in my life.
I asked you a few blogs ago but I encourage you to ask yourself again..
What are you thankful for?
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Been a while, huh?
Dang.. Just being on here makes me miss blogging so much. I don't really know where I'm going with this but those of you who know me know that once I start, I will get into something and I won't be able to stop!
I started a campaigners at my house and its been really great. The kids are awesome and I can tell that what they want more than anything is to get more into the Word and serve the Lord as much as they possibly can. It's so awesome to see such young people strive to such limits! (including myself, my momma's proud!)
I'm also excited for this upcoming weekend. I'm going to be serving the lord in many different ways- from packing gift bags for the needy to being on a dance team for the launch of the Christmas series! I'm really thankful to say this might be one of the best Christmases I've ever had.. And I'm not even thinking about my presents! I think that's really a gift from the Lord and how much He's blessed me these past few weeks.
Anyways I'd like to tell y'all what's been going on in my life because I know a lot of you are very busy like me and we barely get to update each other!
My relationship with the Lord has been pretty rocky.. I feel though that I can't really complain because there's people out there who don't even have a relationship with Him and that's what I want to be focusing on. But how can I get through that without a strong relationship with Jesus? I can't- maybe for a few days but with out him stuff like that is impossible. It reminds me of Work Crew. Working 11 hours a day doing the same thing over and over again.. I couldn't have done it without the Lord! And everyone there would agree. Its hard work! All is impossible without God. So that's why I think without Him how could I be serving Him? I was living pretty much without Him for about a week. Up until this past Monday. I mean I was hearing about him at church, and maybe at a few other things but for me, without a quiet time with Him including reading His word and praying, I am not in the right standing relationship with him. And every time this happens to me I feel so down.. Yet I'm not motivated to have quiet times. And I know this could sound cliche, but after I prayed about it for a while I finally got the motivation. Some of you may think.. That sounds too easy.. It can't be that easy! But guys, it is. Through prayer you can receive anything if you ask for it! You just have to have faith- and that right standing relationship with Jesus. Now that's an awesome gift because it's free! And that's what I love about this journey. Free to LIVE. And live to the FULL more importantly. The last thing that I want to share is that I recently picked up a new bible (but instead of NIV I got The Message) and it's unexplainably AWESOME! I encourage all of you to get one, and start off your reading with Romans. I've read bits and pieces from this book but nothing compares to reading it from beginning to end especially with this version of God's word! It's really brought me back into the spirit of the Lord and I'm so thankful! I know this hasn't been much of a lesson or anything of those sorts but hey- you might get something out of it. I hope you do :) happy Thanksgiving week and if you're a part of Potential church, happy Christmas launch weekend! Gonna be EPIC!
And I'll leave you with this:
"It's news that I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts Him.. God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: 'The person in right standing before God by trusting Him really lives.'"
-Romans 1:16-17
Y'all. Two simple steps.
•Right standing with Him
•Move into LIFE!
I started a campaigners at my house and its been really great. The kids are awesome and I can tell that what they want more than anything is to get more into the Word and serve the Lord as much as they possibly can. It's so awesome to see such young people strive to such limits! (including myself, my momma's proud!)
I'm also excited for this upcoming weekend. I'm going to be serving the lord in many different ways- from packing gift bags for the needy to being on a dance team for the launch of the Christmas series! I'm really thankful to say this might be one of the best Christmases I've ever had.. And I'm not even thinking about my presents! I think that's really a gift from the Lord and how much He's blessed me these past few weeks.
Anyways I'd like to tell y'all what's been going on in my life because I know a lot of you are very busy like me and we barely get to update each other!
My relationship with the Lord has been pretty rocky.. I feel though that I can't really complain because there's people out there who don't even have a relationship with Him and that's what I want to be focusing on. But how can I get through that without a strong relationship with Jesus? I can't- maybe for a few days but with out him stuff like that is impossible. It reminds me of Work Crew. Working 11 hours a day doing the same thing over and over again.. I couldn't have done it without the Lord! And everyone there would agree. Its hard work! All is impossible without God. So that's why I think without Him how could I be serving Him? I was living pretty much without Him for about a week. Up until this past Monday. I mean I was hearing about him at church, and maybe at a few other things but for me, without a quiet time with Him including reading His word and praying, I am not in the right standing relationship with him. And every time this happens to me I feel so down.. Yet I'm not motivated to have quiet times. And I know this could sound cliche, but after I prayed about it for a while I finally got the motivation. Some of you may think.. That sounds too easy.. It can't be that easy! But guys, it is. Through prayer you can receive anything if you ask for it! You just have to have faith- and that right standing relationship with Jesus. Now that's an awesome gift because it's free! And that's what I love about this journey. Free to LIVE. And live to the FULL more importantly. The last thing that I want to share is that I recently picked up a new bible (but instead of NIV I got The Message) and it's unexplainably AWESOME! I encourage all of you to get one, and start off your reading with Romans. I've read bits and pieces from this book but nothing compares to reading it from beginning to end especially with this version of God's word! It's really brought me back into the spirit of the Lord and I'm so thankful! I know this hasn't been much of a lesson or anything of those sorts but hey- you might get something out of it. I hope you do :) happy Thanksgiving week and if you're a part of Potential church, happy Christmas launch weekend! Gonna be EPIC!
And I'll leave you with this:
"It's news that I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts Him.. God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: 'The person in right standing before God by trusting Him really lives.'"
-Romans 1:16-17
Y'all. Two simple steps.
•Right standing with Him
•Move into LIFE!
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