Thanksgiving.

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
6Do not be anxious for anything, but in everything, by prayer, petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will gaurd your hearts and give your minds in Christ Jesus.

Life. is. excellent.
Yet, I still seem to find things to complain about.
I'm in a season in life where I'm really trying to enjoy God,
& discover who I am in Him.
It is very difficult.
I am on a minstry hiatus.
Which as you may know, or may not,
I have been highly active in ministry for about 5 or 6 years.
But when I first started to do it, it was an escape.
Now, after some gentle nudging from God,
That I don't value WHO I AM
But, WHAT I DO.
It has put me into an identity crisis.
Not in a negative light, but a realization that without ministry,
I am just as worthy of love & acceptance.
And for that I am greatful.
And shoot, I'm working at not complaing on what I'm "missing out" on.
Ha ha. I'm going to give all of you permission if you catch me doing this,
Correct me.

With this comes random oppurtunities to serve & be served.
Last week I visited my dear friend Laura at school in the cities.
It was great. It was the first time my roomate & I went on a long distance trip together.
We spent some excellent quality time with my dear friends, Neal & Natasha,
Which haven't I haven't seen in a long while
&... I got the oppurtunity to meet their sweet baby girl. :]
Oh how good that was for the soul.
Jesus was the center of the trip, which was great.

Last night, I embarked on a youth ministry lock-in.
I was commisioned to help, when the numbers came in for the lock in.
After praying, I agreed.
Man, those kids will whoop ya.
A couple accepted Jesus in thier heart,
& almost immediatly you can see the enemy getting jealous.
With that, came some great prayer ministry.
There was all kinds of good time had.
Dodgeball. Scavenger Hunt. LOTS OF ENERGY DRINKS had by leader.
Good Conversation.

What a sweet life I live.
God is good.

Thanks for being great.
I love you all.