God's Unfailing Love

Well, I know I was going to update before now but I was so wrapped up in God's work that I didn't get time to post. From Monday thru Thursday, I was in the city for a missions trip and the group of 7 people did amazing things throughout the week. Monday night we all made and served dinner at the Hope Lodge for cancer patients. There was many conversations, and many smiling faces when we left. When we got back to the church it was my turn to lead the devotional for the night. I talked about the Armor of God in Ephesians 6:10-13. I didn't think it went very well because I was so exhausted, and my self-esteem is still a huge battle. Tuesday came around and the group was working on some projects around the church we were staying at. Then in the afternoon went to a rec center and helped out with the young children there. That night we went out to dinner as a group then came back and had devotions and then we did group prayer, where one person at a time stood in the center of the circle and let us know what we could pray for them about and we prayed for them as we felt led. Wednesday came along and projects that weren't finished yet got done and some went to a park and enjoyed the nice weather to get a little down time during our spring break. Then later that evening we went to a homeless shelter and helped serve dinner. Thursday we packed up and cleaned up around the church then went to the rec center for a few hours before we left for home. I came home and had choir practice right away so i came home for 2 minutes and left again, got home exhausted and passed out in my bed. Friday came along and I didn't get out of bed until late, which I'm sure all of know that feeling after a long week of working non-stop. I had a date around 5 which went really well. He is a christian too and so it's very easy to talk to Him about God and life as a Christian. I got to come home for a few hours before I went to church to help out at my church overnight with the homeless that were staying in our church all week. It was an amazing week that I was completely exhausted from but Saturday I pretty much caught up on my sleep and was late to babysit but thankfully the family was very understanding. When God shows you His unfailing love, How does He show it to you? Leave a comment and let me know :)

Making a difference

Do you know that feeling that you get when you help someone, When you make a difference in someone's life. When you help someone and don't expect anything back, the feeling is unexplainable. Seeing God's work being done throughout the city has been amazing and it's only Sunday. I will be in the city until Thursday, just picture all the people that are going to be touched. I need to back up though. I haven't written in a while because I've been struggling. I was letting Satan pull me in and pull me down. I had just gotten notice that my missions trip in maryland was official, the dates and
everything. Once things were starting to look very positive and Satan started attacking my weakness, my low self-esteem. I was on my knees crying out for help, just searching and at one point I thought maybe it would be much easier to just give up God b/c it seemed like all my problems started when i became active for Him. Needless to say that didn't last very long, I soon fell back to my knees crying, wanting God more than ever. I wanted to know why I was struggling. I talked with my mentor and with a friend from church, and with a pastor, and finally with my campus minister, to collect some ideas and verses or books in the Bible to answer my questions and help kill some of the doubt. I was preparing and trying to prepare my heart for the spring break missions trip that I had about 3 days left for and I was slowly figuring it all out. The day before I left for spring break missions, I went to the Skillet and Toby Mac concert. After Skillet was over and Toby Mac was about half way to 3/4's of the way through his portion he sang his single CITY ON OUR KNEES. I raised my hands in full worship, just giving my heart to God, and listening to what He wanted to tell me. When the song was over I felt renewed for Christ and that I was 100% ready to go on spring break missions and do what God had planned. Me and 2 girls had a sleepover after concert a.k.a "speed pack session" of which I still forgot stuff. lol. Anyway, I am here in the city on spring break missions and I will be here until thursday. I am doing devotions tomorrow night, so please be in prayer for me. I will post on the next two days, then I will post on the last two days but I will also be working with winter relief at my church on friday so the last post wont be until sometime on saturday. I know it's going to be alot coming at you at once but God has given me alot to say so please just bear with me.