Do you ever feel like there's a battle going on between hearing and obeying???
I feel like God was talking to me yesterday. I was reminded that while I am learning so much out here and God is showing me so much, I still have a ton to learn.
Second service came at 11:30 am. One of the students in the School of Worship showed up to just second service and I noticed that he was sitting by himself and quiet. Now usually this guy is very upbeat and loud. So I knew that something was wrong and I strongly felt God say, "Go give him a hug and say hi." That's it. God didn't give me these amazing words of strength or anything that I should have been worried. Just a hug and a Hi.... And I tried to find every excuse not to: Church was about to start, someone else was talking to him... etc. Stupid stuff. So we went through church and I thought about it. I still felt like God was telling me to do something. And what did I do? I left church. I went home... I took a nap.. I worked on homework. Then when it was time to go to sleep, guess what I couldn't do. Yup. Sleep.
I was so tired but I couldn't actually sleep. I stayed awake for hours trying to sleep... and then it hit me.
So I stopped and said, "Ok, God. I'll pray." I had no idea what was going on in this guy's life, but I just began to pray. At one o'clock in the morning I laid in bed and prayed for this guy, I prayed for his family, and his friends. I prayed for everything that I could think of, and I asked God to give me the words to pray.
And as soon as I said "Amen". I fell asleep.
We started class today with prayer and we found out that this guy had a death in the family. He was flying home this week to attend the funeral.
God began to speak to me during class. Why was I so hesitant to do what God had called me to do. Especially since it was an easy thing. I talk to this guy and I give him hugs pretty frequently, so why was this so hard!!! I followed God all the way to colorado!!!! Why was this harder!
I know that I'm still learning so much, so please keep me in your prayers. I'm very excited that I'm hearing God's voice, cause for a while there I felt like I couldn't. Pray that God will continue to do this and that I will be more willing to follow what he is telling me.
On a much lighter note, I have just experienced some of the most beautiful days of my life. It all started on Thursday when it snowed! There was ice on everything! I had to buy an ice scraper and one morning I spent 20 mins scraping inches of ice off of my car. I had to drive to church on Sunday in ice and slush. And while almost everyone was hating the weather, I took it all in. If I wasn't so freezing cold, I would have sat outside and just watched!
I posted a ton of pics on facebook, so you can check it out there: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=117587&id=672780372&l=d71a082738