Hi everyone! WOW this week has been crazy! We had our 6th annual sofa scavenger hunt on Monday! It was really fun and encouraging to see new freshman at club! I have three Jr. Leaders and two of them took the freshman to Starbucks then club after. Its so awesome to see them take leadership within the club. The freshman girls really look up to my junior girls. Its funny how it is kind of like a hierarchy. My girls look up to me and these freshman girls look up to them and so forth. It is definetely teaching me accountability in ALL aspects of my life not just external factors.
Being on YL staff has been a transition in my life. I really feel like the Lord has put this before me as well as school to focus on. But its learning how to focus on Him within focusing on the opportunities that the Lord has provided. I think I have been good about balancing everything out. My grades have gotten so much better, the Lord has provided focus on my studies and the wisdom. Thank you so much for praying for my midterms, they went well!
Spiritually, the past three days have been so encouraging. I was struggling with not having a sincere thankful heart the past two weeks. I felt like the Lord was blessing me with so many things but yet my focus was still on what I don't have. On Sunday, Branches went over what our treasure is that we need to give up to the Lord. He talked about the story of the hidden treasure and how he buried it again so he can buy the land and the treasure. I was thinking about this today.. why wouldn't he just take the treasure? Why did he have to rebury it? I came to the conclusion that it is like a present, if we found something that we loved and wanted we would rather have it be kept new instead of using it and being used. Then it kind of clicked. It is like our faith.
"Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I assure you, anyone who doesn't have their kind of faith will never get into the Kingdom of God." We are to have childlike faith. By reburying the treasure it is kept new. We are called to have childlike faith, I believe the Lord is really growing my faith in Him and really truly learning how to surrender all to Him. "How can I expect to walk without Him, with every move that Jesus made was in surrender."- Kim Walker
PLEASE PLEASE PRAY that
* The Lord will keep reminding me to have a childlike faith.
* That I can really surrender all things to Him.
*That I can be humbled and take His discipline as an act of love.
*Desire God's will
* I can be accountable in my motives and in my integrity.
*My Young Life Girls- that my bible study AKA CABIN TIME will be reenergized. I have my CT on Thursday morning at 9:30 AM.
*Encouragement- I feel like the enemy attacks me by discouraging me a lot of the time.
*Energy- that I can be spiritually energized for all YL Activities.
*REST- that I can rest with the Lord and really commit to doing it every Friday
I love you all thank you so much!
Lauren
