A Sunday Full of God Moments

Sunday was a great day full of God moments. Sunday I went back to spend some time in the junior high first service. When I first got into high school, I used to spend a lot of time helping in the junior high area and then the events were less frequent and I got busy and just stopped going. I noticed when I walked into Jr. High that Sunday, I did not know as many kids as I used too. All the kids I knew in Jr. High have moved up to High School. As I stood in the back of the room that Sunday, I watched all these kids worship and I just looked around observing them. At first when I looked around the room I saw all the clicks. I saw the football jocks, the popular girls and even the “Christian” kids that have been going to church since they were born. After seeing the kids, God really opened my eyes. He showed me that every single one of these kids have a story, every single one of them has been hurt by someone in their life. I remember what Jr. High is all about, it is all about labels and looking “cool.” As I spent one Sunday with these kids, I realize this is where my heart is. God has given me such a love for these kids and I cannot wait to see where He leads me. After first service, my friend Marie, my cousin Kristyn and I teach a five year old class. I love these kids. They are so vocal about their faith and fitting in is never an issue. I can’t imagine not seeing my fives every Sunday but I really feel like God is calling me to Jr. High. I am continuing to pray and I know God will lead me. I know that only one ministry needs my whole heart.  After second service I walked into the sanctuary to find my dad. My aunt came up to me and told me that my ex-boyfriend from sophomore year was getting baptized. I was totally floored. Even though we broke up forever ago, I still had continue to pray for him to know Jesus and really become the guy I knew he could be. It was such an amazing experience to watch him surrender to God and it reminded me that God really does answer prayers and everything works in His time. Sunday was a day full of little moments that God just continued to amaze me. Sunday night was Uprising, a night where different churches in the community came together and worshiped the one true God, as His body, the church. That was a really eye opening experience also. I know that God was smiling down on us that night. Sunday was a day that God really taught me what true surrender is. Surrender is giving up everything, every single part of your life no matter what. I can honest say that every morning I have to wake up and surrender everything to God. Sunday God made me realize how selfish I have been. I have been holding on to parts in my life that I knew God wanted from me. I thought to myself how can I look at God and say “You gave all of you but you can only have a part of me.” God deserves all of me and that is what He is going to get.