10/14/08 - hmm

I'm not quite sure, exactly, what I want to say in this little entry of mine. If I could describe life, it would currently be described as "strange, but exciting." God has been doing some really cool things, and He's been revealing more and more things to me everyday. Some of those things aren't as... pleasant, for lack of a better word, as other things. Nevertheless, God has been showing me who He is and what He wants me to be. Isn't it so crazy how, when you think you've gotten as deep as you can in God, He reveals more of Himself and shows that you've only seen a glimpse of everything He is! It blows my mind each time.

Lately I have been trying to strain for the powerful, as far as my faith goes. Our youth group leader Amanda challenged us to be more powerful, and I truly took that challenge to heart. Yesterday at lunch I took up prayer requests, along with my friend Mandy... and trust me, that was a pretty big step for me. I thought I was going to cry or throw up (or both!) when I went in front of different tables and asked for prayer requests. When it comes to approaching people... well, I'm definitely not the first person that would come to your mind! I almost felt silly for doing it. I was afraid that no one would take my offer seriously. But the cool thing is that God proved me wrong. I had over a dozen people tell me things that they wanted prayer for. How awesome is that? And I hope that by saying all of this, I'm not bringing any kind of glory to myself. I deserve no credit at all. If I did these things for my sake, for my comfort, and for my satisfaction, then I would have been sitting at my lunch table chit-chatting it up with my friends.

Something else that I as well as some other of my fellow warriors did was prepare signs. Pastor Greg was discussing with us on Friday different things we could do as far as signs go, and I finally got to making them. And the second day we put those signs up... two more poeple joined us to pray! How awesome is God? How faithful is He when we step out? I just cannot wait to see how much more God has in store for me, the prayer group, and our school.

But, aside from all of this, I still have so many things I am developing. There are still so many parts of me that are weak, but I know that God can make my weaknesses strong for Him.