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.

Discovery Weekend

I normally wouldn't post about a weekend but this past weekend God taught me some amazing things that I feel the need to share. The first thing even though it's something simple was to be flexible. I had to get to the church early so because my campus minister was my ride there. At dinner we had a gibberish menu that we had to order from, so we had no idea what we were getting for 1st, 2nd, or our 3rd course. On a missions trip you never know what each day is going to be like so you have to be flexible no matter what happens. This particular excercise we had eat all of our first course before we got the next one, so you had to figure out creative ways to get things done if no sourt of silverware was given. After dinner the campus ministers explained that everything we did this weekend was a test to get to know who we were and see where we fit in for a missions trip. Late Friday night I couldn't sleep well so I went into the sanctuary to talk to Jesus and one of the girls happened to be in there reading her Bible and we got talking. God has perfect timing and a plan for all of us and it is amazing to just sit back and reflect on yourself and God! This weekend went by in a blur but God was there the whole time. I learned some new ways that I can just sit and reflect on God, and how He continues to amaze me everyday. I could refer to verses when talking with people and I could go outside and take a walk and know that God is with me just by looking at his beautiful creations. The relationships created this weekend are relationships that God formed. I love Jesus soo much and It is absolutely amazing to just watch all the things that God can do just in a weekend. Just imagine what He can do in a summer!!!!!!