OK so we arrived in ATL at about 10:00 AM on Monday, with about 3 hours of sleep. Inquant described our day Monday perfectly... Catalyst has about 13,000 people annually, those 13,000 people also get a bag of literature, so that's what we did all day Monday was put together these "attendee bags". its very repetitive and makes for a long day but they feed us breakfast, lunch and dinner and we had met some new people and made some great new friends so I'm not complaining. Its really cool and encouraging seeing so many people my age living their lives for and with god....very cool, so anyways we were able to get out of the arena around 6:00 pm and get over to my aunt and uncles house to crash. We had to be up extremely early today to finish the 13,000 bags, finding out that on Monday we had done 2,500 bags for the special labs people, so we still had 13,000 bags to go but with much more people. So again we made some great new Friends and had a very long and repetitive day but we had great food and great talks so it makes up for the repetativenesssss :-)
So what has been on my heart lately.... well before I became a true follower of Christ I had always kinda looked up to people and really just relied on them setting standards for how to live, whats ok, whats not ok kind of thing, so basically i was a follower. Recently pastor Corey did a sermon on running hard and falling, so i began to think about all of the people i looked up to and realize that they are just people and they do fall and they do have faults and they are not perfect, so what I'm getting to is that I feel God has slowly became and now is my role model, my leader and my idol. I want to not only be able to just learn from all of the wonderful people that I have met on this program and will be meeting but I also want to impact the lives of everyone that I run into. I know that I can and never will be perfect but i will strive to do my best to become the person that God has called me and wants me to be.
God is good all of the time
I miss my fiance, my family, and my friends and my perfect little puppy :-)
Food for thought comment if you will....
How often do you feel Gods peace in your life?
Define Brokenness.
so glad you are with Uncle Derek and Aunt Amy (and cousins)
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I bet this conference is gonna be awesome! 13,000 people is a ton! like almost 3 milton's!!!
I feel God's peace in my life on a daily basis...and brokenness?
I think it's a place where God can actually start to work in our lives. It's not a fun place but it's a good start.
Love you mucho gusto Son!!!
ttyl!
Wow love! A lot is going on. I'm sorry I work so late and don't get to talk much but very glad to read this! :) amazing love. You have already impacted my life in more ways than I can count. I love you so much. God has really been overwhelming me with his divine peace lately. I've been struggling with missing you Ash and the rest of my family as well... Siiigh. Can't wait to marry you!!! And my thought on brokeness can go in many ways. The Lord can break our hearts in certain areas. He has broken mine for all the lost in general and then teen girls. Brokeness can also mean to the point where only God can fix you and there is no where else to turn. Brokeness could mean ending your human nature and seeking the eternal. Brokeness could mean a weakness that keeps tearing us down and mocking us. Brokeness could mean the beginning of something beautiful that the Lord is about to do. No matter how broken or shattered our lives may be... The most amazing thing is that the Lord only loves us more and can't wait to pick us up and carry us till we are fully healed then he will walk with us And then run the race with us. :))))) xoxoxoxoxoxoxox I love you! Sweetdreams love of my life! - your fiancé
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