For those of you in the Youth Ministry world when you read the title of this blog...you know what's up. You've got about one-jillion things you need to do before you leave for camp, so obviously that makes it the best week for everyone else who could ever possibly need anything from you to enlist your help...It basically adds up to me getting ready for an awesome nap on the way to the beach. Because, YES, ladies and gents we are headed to Student Life @ The Beach 2008!!! With Charlie Hall as the worship leader. It is going to be wicked sick.
Anyway, I really just needed to vent about my frustrations leading up to this point. I really think camp is going to be an awesome experience for our kids. Please pray that they would open their hearts to what God has to say to them, and that they would come prepared to meet with Him there. We're going to be doing something very cool for them tomorrow night at AXIS (our mid-week student service) and I'll tell you about that later.
On a lighter note, I have linked to some of the blogs that I read check them out!
Later Days
DS
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Powerless...
Do you ever feel that way? I certainly do, especially in this storm I currently find myself in...I feel like there's nothing I can do, and nothing that can be done at all to fix it, or make it right. I was reminded last night though, that I'm right about part of that. There is NOTHING that I can do about the situation. Not on my own anyway. If I rely on myself, things will surely continue to fall apart.
On the flip side of that though...if I rely on my faith in the Lord, and remember that He is sovereign in all things, I will come out better for it on the other side. I went to terranova last night (terranova is this sweet church in g-town, you should check it out Terranova), and the message that God had laid on Kyle's hear was one I really needed to hear. He spent some time in 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, and verse 9 is a verse we alllll know, but it spoke to me last night in a way that kind of told me "Hey listen up for a second dummy". Paul is talking about having this thing in his life that is hindering his relationship with the lord, and he begs him three times to take it away, and He says to Paul
"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness."
It's one of those things where I was so wrapped up in myself and what was going on, telling myself "Yeah, rely on the Lord and everything will be fine." Buuuuut...He knew I didn't really mean it. It was kind of like a lite little slap in the face and He was telling me "No no hey, you really need to understand and do that."
It's not easy, because it's not our nature. Our nature is to take care of things ourselves. Our nature SHOULD be to rely on God, and then to take care of things as He guides. My prayer for myself is that I would work on doing this more and more, so that I can continue to fall more and more in love with God because of who He is.
Deuces
DS
On the flip side of that though...if I rely on my faith in the Lord, and remember that He is sovereign in all things, I will come out better for it on the other side. I went to terranova last night (terranova is this sweet church in g-town, you should check it out Terranova), and the message that God had laid on Kyle's hear was one I really needed to hear. He spent some time in 2 Corinthians 12:8-10, and verse 9 is a verse we alllll know, but it spoke to me last night in a way that kind of told me "Hey listen up for a second dummy". Paul is talking about having this thing in his life that is hindering his relationship with the lord, and he begs him three times to take it away, and He says to Paul
"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness."
It's one of those things where I was so wrapped up in myself and what was going on, telling myself "Yeah, rely on the Lord and everything will be fine." Buuuuut...He knew I didn't really mean it. It was kind of like a lite little slap in the face and He was telling me "No no hey, you really need to understand and do that."
It's not easy, because it's not our nature. Our nature is to take care of things ourselves. Our nature SHOULD be to rely on God, and then to take care of things as He guides. My prayer for myself is that I would work on doing this more and more, so that I can continue to fall more and more in love with God because of who He is.
Deuces
DS
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Question...
How the heck do you lose a lighthouse...seriously?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_lighthouse_located
Furthermore....who decides they want to be a lighthouse researcher....?
Later Fools
DS
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_lighthouse_located
Furthermore....who decides they want to be a lighthouse researcher....?
Later Fools
DS
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
I think I'll go to Boston...
I'm just kidding. I'm not going to Boston...I was just at a loss for a title, and thought that would be cool since I am listening to that song right now...
Anyway...good week so far. Productive.
I found this book with 1,000 fresh ideas for churches, it had a lot that I like, good times.
I am officially addicted to twitter. You should be too. www.twitter.com go there.
Weee are about to commence with our Wednesday night Youth activities, so I must be gone.
Later Fools
DS
Anyway...good week so far. Productive.
I found this book with 1,000 fresh ideas for churches, it had a lot that I like, good times.
I am officially addicted to twitter. You should be too. www.twitter.com go there.
Weee are about to commence with our Wednesday night Youth activities, so I must be gone.
Later Fools
DS
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