| So i've decided that my the theme of God's lessons in my life thus far this year has been waiting... but not bad waiting like all anxious or frustrated or anything like that rather resting in the meantime... lol I have been exceptionally good lately, God has been teaching me a lot lately. Today I had my very first "discpleship" meeting with an old friend of mine who after years of going to church with my family realized she'd never received Jesus as her Savior and got saved on her own so God's good and I got to do the first "step" of Where Do I Go from Here (WOL) with her today. It was really neat to see things click in her head, ya know. It was like "OH I get it!" it was cool. So we're supposed to be able to get together once a week. That's exciting. God's been doing amazing things in the youth group as well. I've loved seeing Him change things around and really build some organization in the whole thing and see the passions develop in the leaders. It's really quite amazing to see God use the practical ideas and structure that I learned last year in Argentina to help reformat the Bible Club here. I've also seen God's hand in my job as a hostess.... recently God has been showing some fruit of His placing me there!!!! A few weeks ago a coworker of mine had her whole life fall to pieces and out of the blue asked if she could go to church with me. So Last Sunday she went to not only the morning service but also to Sunday School and Sunday Night's Service! You can see her passion and desire to fill the void in her heart and even recognizing that God is the answer but she definitely doesn't quite get how to make it all fit and that it's not really about surrendering all those secret sins rather about accepting God's payment for them... I've been looking forward to getting to share the truth with her but in the last 3 scheduled attempts to go out for coffee have fallen through so keep praying there's still hope... that's about it for now... thanks for caring to all those who still hope I'd update... |
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| Ever just excited about what God's doing? As of late it's kind of been like that... Yesterday I got my very first chance to waitress where I work... normally I'm just that boring woman who seats you and takes your money as you walk out so it was a lot of fun to actually interact with the customers. I wore my dad's "Amazing Grace" Tie (required uniform) and sooo many people commented It was sooo cool to identify with the body of Christ as they sat at my table and I served them... truly blessing!!! As a hostess I've often told the costumers that i was excited when they were doing Bible Studies or praying before eating but they just never jumped on the offer to talk about God... mostly they just responded with a "thank you" or "yeah I go to church at ...." but never really connecting or catching the drift that I am excited that they love God!!!!! I'm hoping to get more opportunities to share that joy as a waitress once a week... I also get to spend more time with the waitresses... Last night I shared a meal with one of them and I stopped and told her I was gonna pray before I ate so she didn't feel uncomfortable and she all stopped and folded her hands and said "ok let's pray" :) She's not saved but she does go to church. Little by little God's most definitely working on her heart I'm praying for another shot to share the gospel last time she just changed the subject... We'll see what God has in store.. well i'm off to hostess thanks for listening... |
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| You ever get to the point where you strongly desire to know God more to study His word but you feel to weak to do it yourself and to get you started out you just need someone to spoon-feed you a few bites till you get the hang of it again? It might sound crazy but that's kind of where I'm at. Like this morning I spent 45 minutes on the devotional Seeking Him and reading Ps 51 but my own mind could not grasp the concepts it ws like I just needed someone to break it down for me... teach me it ya know? I guess that's what the body of Christ is meant for right? There are those who teach (an God-given ability to read scripture and break it down into "teachable" bites) and those who exhort (those who have the God-given ability to take those Bible-bits and teach one to apply and use them) It's like one teaches the principles and the other teaches the practice. Does that make sense? I'm very much an exhorter and often times i get stuck in the practice and desperately need someone to re-teach me the principles... I can get some of that thirst quenched in personal studies- but there's something about someone discussing it with you till it makes sense... I think I need more regular encounters with the Body of Christ... |
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| Ever have that unsettled can't think about anything but the situation but you can't come to any conclusions about the situation. When you're not 100% ok but you could probably be fine for now. It's kind of an empty feeling I personally hate it. I'm struggling right now... pray for me. God's not asking me to do anything but trust that's He's got the perfect timing and perfect plan to confirm His will for me... |
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|    This is what I've been doing with my life :) |
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