Yeah so I'm trying wordpress now. I'll more than likely continue to use blogspot...but w/e.
Ok so I guess I'll start with an update. I know my last blog was about leaving FGT, and then I fell off the face of the earth...or so it seems.
The absolute truth is that things are absolutely amazing right now.
First, this internship. God has absolutely blown me away with this. I read an old blog where I talked about how I felt called into youth ministry. I didn't see how it was going to happen, I didn't see why God would call ME to ministry. When I read that blog, I almost cried. God's faithfulness, His love, His patience, just absolutely everything. I couldn't believe the fact that I was reading that blog two years later as an intern under an amazing youth pastor of a growing youth ministry.
Honestly, I doubted God. I doubted myself.
Through this internship, God has taught me so much more than I intended. I thought I was going to waltz into Under1 and suddenly become an amazing leader who everyone loved and respected. Nope. I find myself doing more at Under1 in these last 4 and 1/2 months than I did in the last 6 years in R.I.O.T./Ignite. I'm setting up the room, attending meetings, leading worship, praying with students and everything in between. I'm doing more, but with less recognition.
That's a good thing though. A very good thing. He must increase and I must decrease.
At FGT I was pretty well known. I had parents tell me that they wanted their children to grow up to be like me. I was constantly being praised for everything I did. But things can't be that way forever.
It's like when someone is raising a child. The first time a toddler goes "poo-poo" in the potty, everyone is ecstatic. Mom calls grandmas, grandpas, uncles, cab drivers, just about everyone to tell them the news. That child is praised for doing a good thing. I'm 21 now. When I go "poo-poo" in the potty no one cares. It's expected.
The cool thing is that even though I'm doing things that are expected of me, I'm still getting rewarded. The friends I've made (both leadership and students!), the lives I've seen change (again, both leadership and students), the lessons I've learned (from both leaders and students), have been more than worth it. This week and last week we had students give their lives to Christ. It's amazing to be a part of that.
I'm looking forward to that day where I throw my crown at Jesus' feet. I don't know how big or elaborate it will be, but it will be something.
I haven't been blogging much since I started a prayer journal. But I think I'm going to start blogging about what God is showing me in Acts. It's some good stuff.
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