Blessings

The days continue to wind down until i'm off to college. My countdown is at 22 days! I found out my roommate yesterday, and I'm really excited to get to know her. I was worried about having a mean roommate or someone that I wouldn't click with. But from my facebook talks with her, she is a pastor's kid and she loves to be goofy. (We're gonna be best friends!) She said she's not super strong in her faith, but I hope to influence her and help her to grow and be passionate about Jesus Christ.

On another note, I just got back from Momentum youth conference this past Sunday. This was my 6th year attending and probably one of the best ones I've been to! I don't even know where to begin....we took one of our biggest groups so far, maybe around 20 people all together? It was neat to listen during youth group time and hear all that God was doing in their lives. The Holy Spirit was truly moving in the hearts of both students and leaders. Their passion to reach their friends for Christ, while strengthening their relationship with the Lord was absolutely incredible! The theme was ONE...which was to symbolize that each of us should be investing all that we have into a non-believing friend and guiding them towards a personal relationship with Christ. Within a day of being back, my 'ONE' has already accepted Christ and many other students were already sharing their faith with their person. I get emotional because looking back on previous years, the 'Momentum' seemed to fade away or our group just wasn't seeking Christ, but rather looking to have a good time. So I left this week feeling encouraged and excited! I was also able to forgive a friend and confess some mistakes that I had made a long long time ago. It was sort of strange how I had prayed for this person all week and was suddenly convicted and felt the need to apologize for things that happened years ago. But nonetheless I'm thankful that I was able to get that off my chest. We do communion on the last night, so it was cool to go into that with a clean slate and feeling free from sin and guilt. I definitely learned a lot about myself and God through the speakers, daily experiences, and worship.

God continues to bless me even this week as I'm teaching a VBS class at our church. I have such a huge spot in my heart for children so teaching them about Jesus is one of the greatest things in the world. They have brought so much joy to me already, and it's only Wednesday. My goal is to have at least one accept Christ before the week is over.

And finally, I want to encourage any of you reading this to spend time in God's word every day. It's through his word that we are able to better understand His will for us. I find that when I'm consistent in doing my devotions and spending time in the Bible, God draws me closer and I can hear His voice louder than ever. And when I'm not, I get in the habit of doing my own thing and God doesn't usually fit in a schedule that's being filled with TV, facebook, and friends. Those things aren't bad, but when I spend more time doing those things than pursuing God, I'm aware that I'm becoming distant from Him.

So I'm praying for myself and my faithful readers this week....that we would meditate on God's word, pray always, and share our faith TODAY. One of my friends convicted me when I told him "I'll talk to her tomorrow, I'm really busy today" and he replied "she could die tomorrow." As terrible as it sounds, that is the truth. None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow.