New Revelation from Valentines Day
Please excuse the poor use of past and present tenses, I get really confused sometimes about how some things should be said.
Yes Valentines Day is past now but I was thinking a little more about it. Before I talk about my revelation from Valentines Day I want to tell you about a story one of my friends who is also in youth ministry told me, this is a story/parable that he shared with me from his life. It wasn't related to Valentines Day but it is related to what I will get into later.
Anyway my friend told me story about how he had done a number of speaking engagements one month and just needed some time out to go on a bike ride with God to refuel. So he had set everything aside so that he could have some God time, and he was really pumped to just get on his bike and go. Well on his bike ride one of the youth that he mentors is on a bike ride too and buddies up with my friend. My friend began to get flustered because he couldn't shake the kid off. My friend really wanted to have some 'God time' and felt like this kid was infringing on it. They end up spending the day together and during their time together they visit an old gothic style church and tour around town.
The day ends and my friend returns home bumbed that he wasn't able to get in his 'God time'. It is then that he has this revelation, God reminds him of the verse in the Bible where it says; 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.' Matthew 25:35, 37, 40. My friend shared with me that it was then that he came to the realization that spending time with that boy was spending time with God.
So I was thinking about Valentines Day and how I had had those two teenage girls over from the Annex. At the time I was really dry spiritually and needed to have some 'God time', yet I hadn't really had a lot of time to get out and walk or I just didn't feel like reading my Bible or praying. Yet, it was during my time with these girls that I really felt like God was in our midst, that he was with us. I couldn't really explain why because I didn't do anything super spirit filled!?! I have come to realize now that God was indeed their! I remembered my friend's story and came to the realization that I was serving Him just by spending time with these girls. Making them feel special and loved. Oh man God is incredible!
5 Comments:
Nice entry, I'll need to keep that in mind on days when I'm working with my youth and I'm particularily tired out. :/
BTW I know a couple people that know you: girls named Rachel and Heather know you from Joy Bible Camp. I don't know their last names, but Rachel lives in the same house as my girlfriend and Heather knows my girlfriend from Navigators at UWO!
Small World!
9:03 AM
Cool! (insert vallery girl accent here) I know I am like just so popular! (Joking)
Are they my age? Or were they my former campers? Cuz I am getting pretty old now!
Oh wait I know Rachel! She is a really sweet girl! We use to chill together at camp when I was a camper, originally from Simcoe right?!
12:11 PM
Rachel said she helped direct a camp with you two summers ago.
I don't know where shes from originally but she went to school at Queens and is now in Teachers College at Western.
12:33 PM
Rachel said she helped direct a camp with you two summers ago.
I don't know where shes from originally but she went to school at Queens and is now in Teachers College at Western.
12:33 PM
I think that it was this past Summer and I counseled with her at Joy. Tell her I have been thinking about her and meaning to write. We missed her at the Winter retreat.
11:18 AM
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