So I haven't written in a week, definitely not because of a lack of time, but partially due to the fact that not much is going on. From Wednesday afternoon last week till Monday morning we had off. Like I wrote in my last blog I was able to go visit an old camp and it was wonderful! The rest of the time I really spent scrapbooking, talking to friends, walking around the town, getting in a bad habit of getting a red box movie and iced pumpkin spice chai, ya know the usual ;) But God did do some cool things again through church.
Just like we have done for the past several weeks and we will do for the next several months, we went online to look for a church to attend. So far we have had great experiences but sometimes, especially when we are in bigger cities, it is harder to decide on which church to attend. We ended up going to one that was within walking distance from our hotel. I love being able to walk in to a church be comfortable knowing that I am worshipping God with the body of Christ even if I don't know any of them. I'm not going to lie though, sometimes this has been hard because I hear about the things a church is doing and I just want to get involved. I want to meet people, build relationships, fuel my social nature, but in a way that is limited this year!
Recently I feel like God has been bringing a lot of things up from my past to remind me of his sovereignty, love, and work in my life. I have been thinking for a while now about what it means to reclaim the promises God has for us, and for me as an individual. Towards the end of the service on Sunday, the pastor basically gave a call to 'go.' To live into the crazy love that God has for us and to believe that we can truly give all of ourselves for the sake of Christ. As I was standing there responding to this message I just kept praying "God I want more, I want more. I want more of you, of your love, and what you have in store for my life. Show me more." Right after that, the worship team started playing The Stand. If you have been following my blog at all, you may remember that a few posts back I talked about an experience at Barclay that had to do with this song. The song has powerful words yes, but really the song isn't the point. God has used this time and time again to remind me of him and his work in my life. When we started singing this (this was at least the 3rd time at three different churches in the last few weeks that it was played) I was overjoyed and tears came to my eyes. It was such a sweet reminder of the presence of God in my life! It is just so refreshing!
I have been questioning and praying about all these reminders. Is there something that God has in store for me or reasons why he wants me to vividly remember so many things? Is this a way he is providing for me this year as I am not with a big community but I can remember great times I have had with a larger community? Does God have other purposes for all of this? I think the answer may be yes to this and to so many other questions. This is the journey I am on and I get to have faith to see what I need to see, hear what I need to hear, and experience what I need to experience. Who knows where the adventure will take me next!
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