Back to 'Reality'..?

Hey, so as I'm sure you know, this weekend was Getaway!

It was, in two words, very good. In more than two words it sounds like I memorized a pamphlet (apparently).

I got to spend a lot of time hanging out with high school aged people and got to play a lot of worship music. I got to hear about how we can hear God's voice better and I got to see how great all the kids were. I mean grade 10 students were leading small group devotionals and were really discussing and not just sitting there. I don't think there was even a split second where something was bad. Sure the camp was a little muddy and sure it was a little cold, but it wasn't raining, it wasn't snowing, and we all could just focus on God and worshiping / listening to Him.

Late night worship was absolutely the best thing ever, even if it was kinda poorly planned. It was Spirit led and all the kids sang Not Be Shaken without even having slides up. Best thing ever Singing God's praises with all your heart at night in a big sweaty room with a large crowd. Worship songs are always so much better in person when you can feel the Spirit moving rather than in recordings.

I really dislike how I have procrastinated all this school work so that I pretty much have to do it nonstop until Friday, but then I will have more time, right? No. not really. I just need to prioritize better. God should always be at the top of my list of priorities. If I turned all my procrastinating time into God time I'd be in a much better position.

This weekend I have really felt that I should be more actively involved in ministry. I'm always just sitting back and following whoever is leading or just not putting enough work in. I'm not a high schooler anymore.

Also, I have felt that it would be amazing if SZ was more like R(?). R(?) reminds me of SZ except for the fact that I've never seen SZ talk about or carry around a Bible (not that I've heard R(?) say anything about the Bible). So, I have felt that I should pray for SZ, that he would come to know God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit in his life.

Ya, those are the two main things that I felt this weekend. Pastor Rob also was very encouraging and now I've memorized another verse. Psalm 118:17 "I will not die, but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done."

Through Jesus' death on the cross, God has taken away our sins, which lead us to death, and has given us His righteousness and the chance to know God personally, which is eternal life. I will not fall to sin, but with God's help live a life that is pleasing to Him that glorifies His name.

That's all for now I guess.

Ttyl.

D.Fa

PS. I need to have a conversation about discernment.