You'll never believe who I just talked to. I'll just leave it at that. God is so amazing. Check out 1 John 4:18. |
Friday, February 18, 2005
HUGE PRAISES!!! Today they're going in reverse order though. I talked to my sweet mommy last night, and it's official - my family is coming to Penn during my brother's spring break, and they're coming to the Full Measure concert! We had discussed this over Christmas break so I thought it was pretty much the plan, but what I didn't know is that I think it kinda slipped their minds until I mentioned it to my dad the other night. My brother was trying to talk them into going to Florida with his girlfriend and her family. But when my dad mentioned it, my brother piped in and said, "I wanna see Penn! I wanna hang with Christina!" Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! On top of that (or rather, that was on top of what I'm about to tell you about), Cru was totally awesome last night. I have to confess, I was a bit skeptical because I was singing on praise team and didn't know half the songs. The ones I did know, I was really sucking at coming up with harmonies for, so I was just not feeling good about things. Well, it turned out to be awesome. People loved the music, even told me I did a good job... and it hit me (not for the first time) that no one, including God, really cares if I make up tons of cool harmony parts or if I just sing the melody in unison with the guys. No one is really listening for that! They're worshiping, and watching me worship, and yes they're hearing me but not in that sense... it's something much deeper. In addition to that, I heard an amazing testimony from Cassi about evangelism, as well as Ashley Jordan's testimony and an awesome message from the pastor at Kenny's church. Afterwards when I got back up for more worship, I was looking out at all these faces and all these hearts praising God and it was just... it really blessed me, and it touched me deeply. Our God is so amazing, His love is unfathomably amazing, and we wake up everyday with that promise in our lives. Right now I am trying to work on my arrangement of You Were There - rapidly. We need to audition it tomorrow and I'm pretty stressed out at the prospect of that. Guys, this song is so amazing, and I really don't want it to fall short of what it should be. I'm pretty frustrated and this is a lot harder than I expected it to be. If you could pray for me about this, that would be awesome. Pray for my heart to stay in the right place. God is sooooooooooo good...... all the time! I hope all of my dear readers are filled today with His love and the joy that comes from knowing Him. He was, is, and will always be the risen Lamb of God. I love you all. |
Monday, February 07, 2005
5 years ago today something really awesome happened. Christina the 13-year-old 8th-grader was listening to a Christian CD way past her bedtime (i.e. very A.M.) and heard and understood the gospel for the first time. At the end of the CD, one of the group members led you through asking Jesus to come into your heart, and I did it, and was saved. Deep in my heart I felt that I was a sinner, and that Jesus had given His life on the cross for my sins so that I could have eternal life. A little more than four years later, I actually understood what that meant and began the process of being transformed into the likeness of Christ when His love was truly revealed to me. We'll save that story for a later date. :) Grace and peace to all - praise God for His faithfulness, and the amazing power of the cross to reach all of God's people. What are the chances that I would have been reached in this way? It was a whole lot more than the music... God is amazing, a God of miraculous love. For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 |
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