God is Awesome

I've been back in Atlanta for three days now and I'm starting to get used to things back home. I promise the Memphis stories will stop soon but I just had to share this one. Two weeks ago we were having share time with our teams that were in that week when my friend Sam shared this story. He said that he was sitting next to a boy at Bible club who was making a craft. The kid was apparently a little bit rambunctious but overall a good kid. Sam happened to look down as the boy was writing something on the front of his craft. He started with the words "I love...." Sam could only imagine what the boy would write. He looked up for a second and when he looked back down was pleasantly surprised to see that the boy had finished his sentence with the word "God." Sam asked the boy why he loved God to get the reply "Because he's awesome." Sam then asked the boy if he knew that God loved him to which he received a firm nodding of the child's head in return. When Sam asked the boy why God loved him he again answered with "Because he's awesome."
This little boy made such a huge impression on Sam because of his simple but strong faith in God. We have so many "church answers" branded into our minds when really the only answer that matters is that God is awesome. Whether the boy knew it or not, he had the answer for contentment, happiness, joy, peace and true friendship all because God IS awesome. It's reassuring to hear about someone who knew the answer and didn't try to make it sound complicated or technical. That said, lets take a step back from our hectic lives and try to remember how awesome God really is and that He is the only reason for living. And try to remember that only God is awesome. So awesome.

Eighteen Days...well technically Seventeen

Yesterday morning my dad texted me and said "18 days left!" Thats how many days I have left here in Memphis. It didn't really hit me until I got that text that I have eighteen days to make it count. Eighteen days to give everything I can to God and ask Him to glorify Himself through me. It's been such a great Summer. Such a wonderful learning experience. Meeting people from all over the United States who share a same passion and love for the same awesome God that I do. There have been some long days. Days where the struggles of the children here become way too much for me to handle. Those are the times where I have no other choice than to give everything to God. Those are also the times where I can find myself at rest in His loving arms. I've made so many friends here many of which I believe will remain life-long. God has taught me so much that it would take me hours to even begin to explain. I would like to say that I've grown up a lot this Summer. Been doing my own laundry not to mention leading teams around inner-city Memphis...haha. I miss my family and my friends but I don't even want to begin to think about saying goodbye to my sweet children from Bible clubs or all of my dear friends at the nursing home. That's all I've got here in Memphis at the moment. All the praise and glory be to God!