This past weekend I went on a winter retreat with my youth group. It was a refreshing/uplifting experience. The speaker we had did a great job and God really used him to show me a lot of things. I was talking to someone this past Friday how we need to "Love the Lord your God with all heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength...and love your neighbor as yourself." At the retreat on Saturday the speaker was talking about how we need to do this. Then at church last night the pastor in his sermon was talking about how we need to do this. This is something my youth pastor would call a "God Smack." I've really been challenged with this over the past month and I definitely needed this smack because it's been hard.
Another "God Smack" I experienced this past weekend was on the topic of worry. It was brought up on Saturday and two times on Sunday. How God has a plan for our lives and we need to go where God wants us not where we want. We may fall flat but God has a purpose for you being where he put you. It's usually not what we have in mind. God has a different plan. "In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." Proverbs 16:9. I worry a lot about where I'm going to be this fall and what I'll be doing. It freaks me out because it seems like a lot of people know. Instead of wasting my time worrying, I need to give it to God, trust and have complete faith that he will take care of me and that he has a plan. HIS timing-not mine.
I am truly blessed to be able to have such a great experience where God was so evident. To God ALONE be the Glory!!!
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