"Honor your father and mother..."
Ephesians 6:2
Today was an amazing day, but tonight, tonight was an AMAZING night, I sat at my desk for hours, reading, reading, reading, singing, playing guitar, and a lot of writing.
As I was looking through some of my journals I found one of my favorites, it is black on the outside, and extremely stretched out from all the little things I have put in there over the last few years, I normally have about three journals going at a time. My ongoing black journal I have just mentioned, which is all about people in my life, things they have given me and moments we have shared. A blue journal, which I write my day to day life in, so I can look back and see what I did at this time last year, and how I have grown. And then my spiritual journal, which has an apple and a pear on the front to represent the fruit of the spirit, and contains many of my thoughts durning my quiet times, and notes, from sermons, lessons, and just my general thoughts.
But tonight I decided to share what I had written about my parents in my black journal with them, so I went in their room and sat on their bed, and just started talking. It started out pretty funny. I told them some different a things, showed them pictures I had drawn, things that I had written and they both laughed, but then while I was reading, epically about my father, I started to cry, because in that moment, I realized how extremely blessed I am with the parents I have.
I continued to read, cry, and laugh for awhile until my dad sent me to go get him some tea. Haha. But I just had to share this moment with you. Also I wanted to document it.
I am preparing for M25, a mission trip that my youth group goes on every year to Atlanta to minister to the homeless, a trip that I look forward to every year. But I have been preparing for it this year more than ever, God has really been showing me that M25 is EVERYWHERE, not just 4 days in the summer in Atlanta, but rather 365 days a year, everywhere I go. Those who lead, constantly serve. I have really been praying for a servants heart lately. I want to be a servant to anyone and everyone. The Lord is equipping me to be a better servant in my own backyard, and he is teaching me to do it with an open heart.
What a beautiful story. What a beautiful night. I am so thankful.
Photo of The Day
Something I have been thinking about a lot lately, no matter what you do, people will be watching, people will be talking. When does that become a problem? When you let what others say define you. You cannot let that defeat you. YOUR identity lies in CHRIST! You and God. You know your heart, not the people around you, YOU! You and God, you and God, you and God. That is all that matters.
Song of The Day
Pressing On
Bread of life
I’m so tired of false comfort
Bread of life
I’m so tired of second best
Bread of life
I want to feed on your body
And find the only true life that exists
Everything I’ve ever known
I lay it down before you lord
This world has nothing I desire
I believe there’s more then this
I’m trusting in every word you say
It’s the hope that keeps us moving
I want to choose you in the morning
I want to choose you in the day
I want to choose you when I lay my head down
Bread of life come and capture me again
Bread of life come and capture me again
I’m pressing on, I’m moving on
I’ve made up my mind your what I want
We’re holding nothing back
We’re Letting go our rights
Stepping out of fear
Out into the light
Sometimes we got to let go, let go
To hold on
Make up your mind. I've made up mine. He is what I want, because he is it!!
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