mother's day...

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Give Me Jesus

In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise

Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

When I am alone,
When I am alone,
When I am alone,
Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

When I come to die,
When I come to die,
When I come to die,
Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus.
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
Just give me Jesus.

:)

I get to spend another INCREDIBLE summer at Trout Creek Bible Camp!!
After A LOT of prayer and thinking, I finally decided that camp is where God wants me.
I know if I didn't go back, I would miss it WAY too much anyway.
But I will only be there in June and August. I'll be in the Czech Republic for a mission trip for the whole month of July. I'm SO excited for both serving opportunities!

OH! Saturday May 17 at Good Shepherd Community Church @ 7, there is a big dinner to support my mission trip to Czech. Its $15/person or $50/family with children under 12. 100% of the proceeds go directly to the trip,if you buy your ticket directly from me then all of the money goes directly to my fund :). It is being catered by Outlaw BBQ, which is REALLY good! Please come :)

All you need is love...

In a broad sense, John Lennon makes a simple yet profound point. If we all just learn to love, thins would be a lot better. That not only goes for loving God but loving people.

God has been teaching me lately about just loving people and accepting our differences and simply loving them. My pastor made an excellent point. He said that we would be so much more affective, if instead of reaching people for the sole mission to convert them, but just getting to know them and listening to them and hearing their story and seeing things their way and simply LOVING them.

My youth pastor told me and a few of my friends about a movie. Its called, "Lord, Save us from Your Followers". And it is a documentary made by a Christian guy from Portland, and it just about how Christians and conservatives tend to be the most hateful people in this country. And its SO true. We act like Pharisees. So we watched it tonight and it was SO compelling and eye-opening. I HIGHLY recommend it, if you can find a copy of it.

I don't know about you but I am absolutely IN LOVE with people. People are SO beautiful! People are, for sure, God's most beautiful creations. After all, we are the only thing on earth that was made in the image of God. I just really want to get to know people more and understand people and know where they are coming from.

So here is kind of a short overview of the whole movie. Take out 10 minutes just to watch this short clip. But if you get the chance, I really encourage you to watch the full movie.

I have never felt God be so real lately.
He has been revealing Himself to me like
never before. I don't know if you have ever
had the chance to feel an abundance of
joy through God yet but let me tell you
that is absolutely the best feeling in the
world. Kings and queens long for joy like
this. I am no longer the opaque fool that
I once was.

For the first time in my life, I read His Word
because I crave it. I am daily indulging in
my sword. For the first time in my life, my
youth group is desiring God and slowly
becoming the united body of Christ that
He calls us to be.

The highlight of my week is the student lead
prayer/worship night at Heather's house. No
pastors/mentors/leaders. Just 30 - 40 students
praying together and getting lost in worship.
People who I have prayed and dreamed about
accepting Christ finally saw the light.

But the journey is only beginning. We must
withstand the forces of evil together. The
evil one sees the threat that we have become.
We have to equip ourselves with the Word.


Thank you Lord for allowing us to see you.

I am directing/performing in this skit at my church retreat.

I will be portraying the part of Jesus...my most challenging role yet.

"Home is where the heart is"
hmm...an interesting saying. I honestly don't necessarily agree with this statement. I have been thinking about this today.

Home is generally where you are most comfortable, correct? where you feel warm, cozy and secure? Well I honestly believe that our hearts should not be where we are the most comfortable. Our hearts should be where we are stretched and where we have to fully rely on God.

I don't know if I am interpreting this saying wrong or what. But that is what I got out of it. Take or leave it.

What are your thoughts?