Joining Him . . .

He hears the cries of His children, and He answers. As you know I went back to the Quip this past weekend. The surprise was a success, great time and fellowship with friends was had, and conversations that were prayed over, only by God's grace also took place. I told you I would update when I got back, so here it is: I'll be headed to the Quip long term no later than Nov. 1.

There are some pretty heavy things that happened this weekend that I feel like I need to share. I have been praying over this trip hours upon hours and I also know others were praying for me as well. It is by no mistake that I saw the people I needed to see and talked to the people I needed to talk to. My prayer throughout this has been, "Lord speak to me." Simple, but so powerful. This weekend I felt as though He spoke once again; through the eyes of our 78 year old neighbors from the summer, through a 7th grader who asked me to be her mentor, through oh so innocent yet extremely tough questions asked to me about the love of God (I will get into this in a second), through a young girl which I built a relationship with over the summer who ran up to me with her arms wide open for a hug, through hearing a personal testimony of a former drug dealer, through seeing Angela walk the streets, through having that gut wrenching feeling of leaving, and through looking into the eyes of individuals who are so loved by God, but don't have a relationship with Him YET. As I said, He has spoken. There is much to start thinking about and working out, but my number one focus is continual prayer for preparation. I will explain more of this in a later blog.

I was faced with some really heartbreaking questions in a conversation had while still in the Quip, concerning the love of God. Does God really love gay people? Does God love people who hate black people? To be quite honest with you in relying on the Holy Spirit to speak through me I don't really recall in detail how I answered those questions. I can say the first question was a lot easier to answer than the second question even though the answers are the same; Yes. I have had this awful feeling of sickness in my stomach since then. Why? Because I feel as though God's love will never be fully understood by believers and unbelievers alike. I'm just trying to be real here. I know as believers we have encountered the love of Christ, but still don't come close to grasping the love of the Father. I can't imagine what is going through the heads of those who do not have a relationship with Christ yet. It hurts. It hurts that they don't know the Love. As I personally continue to seek after the love of Christ and the characteristics of His love, I ask that you join me in prayer for those who have never encountered this beautiful gift. Love deeply.

More to come, concerning details of the Quip.

The Weekend To Come . . .

I know last Monday I said I was going to blog at the end of last weekend to share some updates, but I didn't. Owell, that's the life of a blogger right? Keeping you on your toes since I know more than 1,000,000 people are reading this right?!? Just playing. This weekend however, oh shoot I just realized something. Ok, for the next part of this blog I am going to kind of have to beat around the bush, because there are some surprises in store for this weekend, and by all means I'm not about to ruin that in a freakin blog. So lets see ... this weekend I am going to a specific part of the country to visit long lost friends :), surprise some folks, and talk about future plans in ministry. Now that I started this blog, I kind of wish I hadn't because this is probably really annoying to read. Sorry.

Anyways, I am really excited about the weekend. I have been in continuous prayer and communion with God about this weekend and my future. As I said last week, I am feeling more and more led in a specific direction. I have learned and been convicted a lot lately that this decision is not impacted by the voice of others and their opinions, but it is an utmost call of God on my life. His voice; that is the only One that matters. So I go into this weekend praying for discernment and wisdom in hearing the voice of our Lord in my life. God has revealed Himself to me through reading Exodus and the life of Moses. One thing about our God if you do not know is that He is sovereign in His timing. This I am so thankful for.

I would ask all who are reading this to please be in prayer for me and the upcoming weekend. As I said I am praying for wisdom and discernment. I am also praying for intentional conversations that need to be had with people I have built relationships with in the past. This will only be done through His guidance and direction. Thank you ahead of time for praying for me. I know God will reveal Himself to me in a way in which cannot be denied. I will keep everyone updated in the weeks to come obviously. Hope all is well. Love deeply.

Back from AZ

Well, made it back from AZ late Sunday night. It was a blast and a much needed just chill trip! God definitely revealed Himself to me, as well as everyone else I think. This is going to be really short, because quite honestly I'm just not in the mood to type or talk much. I have a fever blister on the side of my mouth that is turning into the Grand Canyon and I didn't get much sleep last night. However, as I said God spoke in a very clear way to me this trip and I am looking forward to blogging about it later in the week. Just wanted to give everyone a shout out though so you wouldn't think I forgot about this little blog. Looking forward to a pretty chill week with the fam! Hope all is well for everyone out there. Love deeply. 1Peter 4:8