So last night I got to talk to my friends Emily, Lyric and Kelsey about summer project (they didnt know that I had already submitted my application) and I asked them why I should go because they had been saying that I should over the past few days. Emily basically said exactly what I posted in my blog a few days back about how I wanted to learn to share Jesus with a wide verity of people at all different points in their life's. She also paid me one of the greatest complements I have ever received while she was telling me about why I should go on project. She told me that I am mature in my walk and that I am pursuing God before anything else and that I should help teach the younger guys on project how to do that when pursuing a godly woman. Thats not word for word but I still was blown away by that comment. Thank you very much Emily, that really really ment a lot to me. I pray that I will continue to look like this.
Lyric my new friend from Abq was telling me about how God was teaching her different things through and since she has been on project. One of the major things she shared with me is how we need to look at how we are glorifying God rather than in what ways will we provide the most outreach in God's name. In short, she made the point that we need to focus on what God wants for us rather than what we want for God. That really hit home as well. It got me thinking about this summer and if I was making the right decision or not. Am I doing this because I want to Cali or am I doing this for God? After thinking it over today and what little was left of last night I concluded that this is defiantly for God.
I told the girls when I was talking to them last night that this summer is pretty much my last summer of my life. From here on out, I will mostly have a job that requires me to work summers (one of the perks of school I now appreciate). So, I wanted to make the most of my last summer and the only way I can really think of doing just that is doing everything for God. I dont know where I am going with this but at lest you can see another reason why I had this debate about what to do with my summer.
In other news, I start my new job at DG's Deli on Tuesday and start my last semester of college on Thursday. I dont want this semester to be about passing classes and graduating (all though I full intend to do just that) but I want it to be a semester that is God filled. I read today in a book called "Not a Fan" by Kyle Idleman and one of the chapters was based on the question "self-empowered or spirit-filled?" I want this semester, or from here on out, to be Spirit-filled. So keep me to that if you see me in any other way, deal?
Thanks for reading!
P.S. I am thinking of doing a raffle to help me raise the $3100 I need to go on project (if I dont raise it, I pay for it and thats hard to do when you might not have a job). If you have any ideas or would like to donate something to be raffled off please post to my Facebook Support Page! Thanks!
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