Wow, has it really been 5 days since I've posted here? Oh well, nothing lost since it doesn't look like anyone comes and reads this anyway! LOL.
Today was just SUPERB! I am so pumped about how things are looking at church again. There for awhile we just seemed to keep dwindling, and losing families and it was almost depressing! Then today I walked into the sanctuary and WOW there were people who hadn't been there for AGES. I can't explain the thrill it gave me, and the thanks I gave to God for bringing them. Not only that, but when we got to youth group, there ended up being 15 kids. We haven't had 15 kids at a meeting since I've been there. Thank you Lord for bringing them in and making everything work in your good timing! I know I can't take any personal responsibility for this one, it's ALL God's doing. I'm just going to do my best to make it fun and lead them the way the Lord wants me to. Thanks again, Lord and let me be your instrument to reach these kids for you! You know I love them all like they were my own.
What a difference I can see in my life and the things I am involved in when I give daily of my time to the Lord. For so long I have neglected giving him any of my day, and boy have I become GOOD at making excuses! Ah, but I CAN sit and watch and hour or two of TV every night.........what a crock of stuff I've been trying to put over on the one being who knows absolutely EVERYTHING about me but loves me anyway.
Tonight we used some illustrations from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to talk about God's love and who deserves that love. I realized that none of us really DESERVE it, but he gives it to us anyway. Just like none of those rotten kids (or even Charlie) deserved to get to see the chocolate factory, but Willy Wonka let them in anyway! Amazing what we can see when we look at culture through God's glasses sometimes.
Here's my "wish" list for the upcoming week:
*Get the twins' room painted. That will be fun since they are going to want to help.
*Pay Jessica for babysitting 3 weeks ago! If you read this Jess, I AM SO SORRY!!!! Michelle is a very absent minded blonde!
*Get the mission trip planned
*Make plans for the next 3 months youth meetings...........now THAT will be an interesting feat for me! LOL!
*Pay the ever dreaded monthly bills. ICK!
* Pray for all my youth and family on a daily basis.
*Hope that my weight is less this Monday than last Monday!
*Exercise and spend time with the Lord everyday.
*Enjoy my family.
Looks like a good bit of fun to me! Thank you again, Lord for bringing in your children. Help me to lead them as you would give direction. Make me more like Jesus with every passing day.
1 comment:
Okay, Chelle, I read it so don't think you aren't reaching anyone. I don't blog but when I find that there is just something too big to not share, I post on beaconchurches.net.
I was excited to see so many people in the sanctuary too. I really hope that maybe the prayer wall will help more than just the central region. The Lord knows that all of us need revival. I feel a bit like the pastor in The Scarlet Letter: I keep finding things in my life that I can improve upon.
Watch for those joy stealers when you start a new program with the Lord. They will try to convince you that you can skip it once or that you don't need to do as much as you are. Don't listen to them. The more time you spend with the Lord, the more time you will have to be Michelle.
And remember, being blonde is like being redneck--it's just a state of mind.
Love you!! See you Sunday if not before!!
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