hey EVERYONE!!! ok so like OMG... so much happened this weekend... like u have no idea!! WOW... i went to disciple now for the first time ever.. it is like a mini church camp i guess that would be the best way to explain it... let me give u some background info on that first... ok so there are different houses and hosts of the houses and about 10 -12 teens stay in the same house.... guys and girls... and u have bible studies and hang out with everyone from church but mainly just the people in ur house and i got really close to alot of people this weekend....and our bible study leader was AWESOME and she was so nice and we all really connected with her and she explained things SO SO well..... ok so neways ... the bible studies this weekend consisted of alot but i am just gunna share a few that really hit me hard....
1. u show the kind of person u are and who u live for by how u handle bad situations.... ne one can be all happy and cheery when everything is going great and there are no real problems... but as Christians.. we can make our biggest influence by how we conduct ourselves in bad situations....and come to find out i had to put this into action soon after we had this discussion and it was a whole lot easier then i thought it would be.....
2. Showing love even to ur enemies... i kno it is extremely hard to listen or find out about a person gossiping about u and NOt retaliate...... but u should pray for them instead.... i know it is not an easy thing to do.... but it has to be done.... if a person is talking bad about u or did something horrible to u and u smile @ them in the hallway and "kill them with kindness" ... what else will they have to say about u?... u wont give them ne more amo.... God says to love everyone as He does.... which is obviously not easy but it is something we need to strive to do..
3. Here is a question that for me was kind of a kick in the butt... and maybe it will be for u too... or maybe not.... What do u talk about most @ school???..............................................................
i will have to admit this one was definately an eye opener.... i realized that i do not talk about God enough @ school even tho i am put in a school with many non believers and i am given the oppurtuniy everyday.... so i decided i am going to fix that... cuz God is most definately worthy of our conversations with friends and aquaintances @ school....
So that was just some of the stuff that we talked about.... i came into this weekend knowing that God was gunna show me something and He most definately did.... and i am SO SO SO excited about serving Him.... OMg.... words do not even express....
the people in my house were stacey sarah courtney emily stephanie megan kerby josh zach and ryan (yea the guys were a lil out numbered lol....)... and we all got along so well and we had no drama in our house.... we all helped each other grow in Christ this weekend and i am SO SO happy about that... i definately got closer with alot of people this weekend which i am very thankful for also....
I also went and saw the North Mesquite musical and it was very entertaining!! david and spencer definately did a very good job and i was definately entertained the whole time they were on stage... lol.... but neways...i guess that is it.... i hope everyone had a FANTASTIC day..... leave me some comments... tell me about ur weekend ... would like to kno how urs went.... ne prayer requests??..... just let me kno... i love u guys SO SO SO much!! MWAH ...bye : )
~tasha~ |