Praying 4 Our Leaders October 29, 2008

Sitting in class right now - bored out of my mind because it’s ridiculously easy. So I decided I needed to blog again since it’s been a while…

 

God has been teaching me a lot about praying for our leaders. I was reading in Psalms the other day and it was a prayer of David and he was praying hard core for Solomon. I mean…it was a praying-the-stars-down prayer! It really reminded me how much I need to be praying for the leaders in my life. This brings up the most obvious point – praying for our president…or soon to be. Honestly, I am TERRIFIED of what will happen if Obama becomes president. There will be change alright…

I won’t go off on a tangent about that but I feel now more than ever that I just need to start praying hard core for God’s will to be done in who is elected as our next president. And then that no matter who it is, that God will protect our country and us as individuals!

 

More directly, it reminded me how much I need to be praying for my pastor -Pastor JR. Being the pastor of a church that is involved in such a huge work of God, he is going to face so much if not more attack than any of us. It is our responsibility as a church body to bathe our pastor in prayer daily!

 

I would just encourage you all to start praying daily for your leaders – whether it be your pastor, president, husband, father, teacher, etc. etc.      Let us honor those who are put above us – not only in front of them and others but in even our most private times of prayer.

Fun Weekend! October 13, 2008

My weekend was a blast for the most part!

Friday night I got to sell merchandise at the Charlie Hall/Eddie Kirkland concert in Athens. For some reason I love doing that! It’s a fun way to get to meet the artists and help them out! Charlie Hall kinda did everything on his own – he set up all his merch and everything. So we got to hang out with him a good bit before the concert which was cool! He is super nice and I was just very impressed. I had actually never heard of Eddie Kirkland but learned that he is one of the guys that leads worship for the North Point churches. He recorded his version of He Loves Us…and did a great job with it! So that was fun! Plus, I got to see a bunch of my old Athens friends!

 

On Saturday my family and I went and had brunch at one of their favorite ecclectic places in Athens that I had never been to – called The Grit. They have excellent breakfast food! Everyone in there was quite interesting looking though…but I love those weird and unique places…and there are plenty of those in Athens! After that we went to the game – yes, the UGA vs. TN game! My sister and I sat together and then my parents had other seats. But we had so much fun and I am SOOO glad Georgia won!

 

Lauren and I had to leave a bit early from the game though because I promised her I would go see Fireproof with her. So we went. I knew it was going to be good but I didn’t know how good. It’s hard for people to understand why a movie with the most cheesy acting ever would be so good…but it really was and is so worth going to see! I CRIED MY EYEBALLS OUT! There were grown men in front of us crying their eyeballs out! I mean…it was just GOOD! I encourage anyone and everyone to just GO SEE IT…whether you think you will like it or not….

I choose to be in love with You October 7, 2008

I have already posted this before but this is my prayer this morning…

 

Let me be in love with what you love
Let me be more satisfied in you
Forsaking what this world has offered me
I choose to be in love with You

Let me know the peace that’s mine in You
Let me know the joy my heart can see
For I have nothing Lord apart from You
I choose to call on Christ in me

For in the fulness of who You are
I can rest in this place
And giving over this, my journey, Lord
I see nothing but Your face
And i bow down
Humbly i bow down
Humbly i bow down
I bow down

Let me know that You have loved me first
Let me know the weight of my response
For You have long pursued my wandering heart
I choose to glory in the cross

Randomness October 6, 2008

1. Enjoyed babysittin the Lee girls on Friday night. Even more I found it hilarious how determined Pastor JR was to think of someone he could set me up with…keep thinking Pastor…keep thinking…haha!

2. We had an awesome FG small group last night where we dove in a little deeper about what baptism is and why we do it. The most exciting thing to me was realizing that probably 75% of the kids there had gotten baptized that morning!

3. Speaking of…24 ppl were baptized yesterday at Freedom Church! Praise God! I say this so much but seriously I am so blessed to be a part of a church that is actually making a difference for Christ! All the glory goes to God though – not Freedom Church!

4. I am going home this weekend for the GA/TN game and I am also working the merch table for the Charlie Hall concert in Athens. Fun fun!

5. Our office is undergoing an internal audit today…I have everything ready to go…just waiting for them to show up….ugh!

6. I wish more people read my blog.

Night of Worship October 2, 2008

We had an excellent small group last night! Austin did a great job leading it! We even had two new people which was exciting.

A huge THANK YOU to Madi McEver for making cookies and brownies AND more importantly for expanding our vocabulary.

So after small group, we all went over to Tyler and Austin’s dorm and had a time of praise and worship and communion (for those who wanted to partake). It was an awesome and intimate time for our group to really just let go and be free in our worship. It was just such a sweet time with Jesus -sitting at His feet and praising Him for how AMAZING he is! Oh how He loves us! I don’t think we will ever be able to comprehend the extent to which He loves us. Christ is amazing.

Looking forward to band practice tonight with the boys and then coffee with Ms. McEver.

Time to go back to work and listen to some more Pride and Prejudice soundtrack. Seriously – it’s the most beautiful and relaxing music ever! Go listen!

Round 2 October 1, 2008

Tonight I start classes…again…WEIRD! I just have to take one class before I can start Cosmetology school…which I am starting in January! Woohoo! Finally! I have been praying and praying for God to just be clear about what my next step should be with my life. I finally felt like He was giving me the green light to pursue getting my cosmetology license. I really think that God wants to use me in this field to not just do hair and make-up but have an impact on girls’ and womens’ lives for Christ. There is so much crap in this world about what beauty is and what it means…I want to help girls reshape their views of it in some way. God is still showing me in little pieces how this plan will pan out…but I am so excited!