Making up for lost posts...

So this was an AMAZING weekend. Disciple Now is definitely one of my favorite events to serve in the church. I spent the weekend with my friend Natalie and seven 10th grade girls learning about Jesus and experiencing the Holy Spirit working like WOAH! By the end of the weekend we saw over 60 kids make a decision to follow Christ fully with their lives, and on Sunday night 20+ got baptized in our church service as a public expression of their faith and commitment to follow Jesus Christ!! Can I get an AMEN?!

So there's no way I can express to you the AWEsomeness of God that I experienced during this entire weekend, but I can highlight a few things he showed/taught me. And that's what I'm gonna do.

First of all, let me say that I was excited... I mean, really pumped... about this weekend. I told you I didn't get off to a good start. First I was proud and thought "Hey I got this. Fourth consecutive year at DNOW." Then I realized I had not prepped myself spiritually the way I should have. So I felt unprepared, which led to feeling incapable. YIKES. Satan attacked hard in those 24 hours before the weekend began. I humbled myself enough to pray to God about it, but let me just say that not preparing myself spiritually did affect me. I had to surrender so hard, more than once, to get out of the way and just be a vessel of God. Morgan was all up in the way. I got frustrated. I couldn't figure out what to say. Couldn't figure out how to lead the girls. Then I had to "let go, and let God." Whew, and good thing, too! So I asked Him, over and over, whenever I felt I might be trying to have control, Lord let there be less of me and more of You. Use me as Your vessel, the glove on Your hand, and speak through me. Get Morgan out of the way and let Your Spirit guide me and control me.

And He heard my plea and allowed me to be a tool in His plan. And He filled me with the energy to get through the weekend (cause you don't get much sleep when you spend 3 days with 10th grade girls ;-)!!)

How humbling to be shown that I cannot, indeed, do it on my own.