I Will Attempt To Describe... (week 2)

By far one of the best weeks of my life thus far! Bold statement to open with right?!? Well i can/will attempt to back it up.

So first let me tell you about my new favorite place. It is the prayer room here at North Dock. Despite my continual failures over the past year to set up and maintain a consistent prayer life He has not given up on me. I have spent more time in prayer in the past week than in all 3 of the previous months. This statistic is both an example of how little i normally spend praying, and also the crazy amount of praying that we have been doing lately. If you remember last week i asked people to pray for "Discipline to be in the word on my OWN despite all the time we will be in fellowship." WHAT AN ANSWER TO PRAYER! This week God has used the story of Hosea to reveal to me that i am that prostitute that God commands Hosea to marry. And even when Hosea(Jesus) saves me from my adulterous ways, i still choose to turn away. And EVEN though i fail He NEVER stops pursuing me. For some reason this came into my head the other day and it has stuck. I'm not sure if i copied this from someone, or if it is even theologically sound, but i like it: "I know i will never be perfect, but i will never let that fact stop me from trying to be like Jesus."

I have already begun to see crazy amounts of change in my heart and mind through my alone time with Him. I know i will not always have this much free time to devote to my prayer life, but God has blessed me so much this week by allowing me to see Him in a new way; a God in pursuit. So often i trick myself into thinking that i am the one who is doing all the work by pursuing God. In reality i may pursue Him during a couple hours here or there during my day, but he is always following after me with open arms.

Sorry that this update didn't really have any logistical information in it (like what i have actually been doing all day everyday), but i figured i would tell you the most important part of my week. So i did. I figure that there are plenty weeks to come where i can share that other information (like the classes i am taking, and where my community placement is and such) but for now i just wanted to encourage you all by sharing that God is at work here in Llanelli :D

PRAYER: (pray with confidence that He is answering/will answer!)
-Spiritual battles (with different distractions and temptations. The devil is trying to stop us from learning/being used)
-Maintain daily devotions and prayer life
-Pride broken so that my heart can be shaped and molded however God wills it

P.S. i will be contacting you next weekend (if you returned a support card to me, and are supporting me in prayer) with specific prayer requests and to remind you of what days you committed to pray! Thank You for your love and support!