This first week of classes has been absolutely INSANE. The knowledge and revelation these speakers drop blows my mind. Just when I feel like my brain can't handle anymore, I hear a voice in my head that screams, "MOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!" And then more revelation + more brain can't handle it + more voice in my head = repeat. This, my friends, is what you would call, "Swirl." My new favorite word.
One of the greatest things I have learned this week is that anyone can disciple. You don't have to have gone to Bible college, have a degree, or be a pastor. You just need to love Jesus. And even if you don't love Him yet, you can! And then you can disciple! Discipleship does not come in a leadership status. It comes from love. I met Love Himself and now I want you to meet Him too. You met Love and now you want other people to meet Him too. They meet Love and now they want even more people to meet Him too. So on and so forth. And then everyone grows together. We make mistakes together. We learn together. We give each other grace, correction, and wisdom. Not because one of us has this "Christian thing" down better than the other, but because I have something to offer you and you have something to offer me. Community. And everything is done out of Love. I want YOU to grow because YOUR growth causes me to grow too. It's like "being selfish in the right way" (Chad Dedmond). I want YOU to Love Jesus more because the more you look like Jesus the more I want to look like Jesus too which makes you want to look even more like Jesus!
One of my high school teachers had a poster that said, "If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing." I often remember that. You might not be good at speaking, but neither was Moses. You might not be perfect, but neither was David. Only God is perfect. Jesus is perfect. Holy Spirit is perfect. You might not be perfect according to human standards, but you are perfect for God to do something where you are at. It is so cliche, I understand. I apologize for not knowing how to make accents for letters on here. But really, like, can I get real? Can I be serious? Nobody can fulfill your destiny better than you. Not even Bill Johnson, or Misty Edwards, or Mike Bickle, or Kim Walker, or Lou Engle, or whoever.. They are all rocking their destinies. That, my friends, is why they are so freaking amazing. Because they are just loving Jesus and doing what He made them to do best. So go be amazing! Go do what God made YOU to do best! Did He make you to be a doctor? Go ahead! Did He make you to be a pastor? Go ahead! Did He make you to be a worshipper? He made us all that way. Worship is a lifestyle. Worship Him in everything you do. Worship is not just the music on Sunday and Wednesday (shocked yet?). Ahhh...I am trailing off...
My point is: Listen to Jesus, do what you do (to keep yourself closer to Him) and then just Love Him.
Anyway, on another irrelevent, exciting note, we got the Outreach location options yesterday! Each team will be going to a country and an Ivy League college. Super excited!! I really wanted to go to the Ivys, but I had a feeling God was gonna send me out of the country. This way I get both! ;-) Anyway, so the options are Irelend/UK, South Africa, and Nepal. I turned in my top 2 choices today and tomorrow I will find out for sure where I will be going. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
Well, I must get going...I need to finish my homework (reading the book of Mark) and on top of that, I have been feeling not so well these past 2 days.
In the words of my friend here, "Do what God says and do it swirled." Get swirled. (And if you still don't know what "swirled" means, totally cool. It's probably better anyway.)
I love you all!
Xoxo,
Cheryl
One of the greatest things I have learned this week is that anyone can disciple. You don't have to have gone to Bible college, have a degree, or be a pastor. You just need to love Jesus. And even if you don't love Him yet, you can! And then you can disciple! Discipleship does not come in a leadership status. It comes from love. I met Love Himself and now I want you to meet Him too. You met Love and now you want other people to meet Him too. They meet Love and now they want even more people to meet Him too. So on and so forth. And then everyone grows together. We make mistakes together. We learn together. We give each other grace, correction, and wisdom. Not because one of us has this "Christian thing" down better than the other, but because I have something to offer you and you have something to offer me. Community. And everything is done out of Love. I want YOU to grow because YOUR growth causes me to grow too. It's like "being selfish in the right way" (Chad Dedmond). I want YOU to Love Jesus more because the more you look like Jesus the more I want to look like Jesus too which makes you want to look even more like Jesus!
That is how you know you're doing something right:
When you make other people want to look like Jesus.
So all you high school kids on your campuses, GET AT IT! Just because you aren't the Christian Club President or your youth pastor (although we do need to honor these people) does not mean you can't make a difference too! You have a voice. You can use it.One of my high school teachers had a poster that said, "If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing." I often remember that. You might not be good at speaking, but neither was Moses. You might not be perfect, but neither was David. Only God is perfect. Jesus is perfect. Holy Spirit is perfect. You might not be perfect according to human standards, but you are perfect for God to do something where you are at. It is so cliche, I understand. I apologize for not knowing how to make accents for letters on here. But really, like, can I get real? Can I be serious? Nobody can fulfill your destiny better than you. Not even Bill Johnson, or Misty Edwards, or Mike Bickle, or Kim Walker, or Lou Engle, or whoever.. They are all rocking their destinies. That, my friends, is why they are so freaking amazing. Because they are just loving Jesus and doing what He made them to do best. So go be amazing! Go do what God made YOU to do best! Did He make you to be a doctor? Go ahead! Did He make you to be a pastor? Go ahead! Did He make you to be a worshipper? He made us all that way. Worship is a lifestyle. Worship Him in everything you do. Worship is not just the music on Sunday and Wednesday (shocked yet?). Ahhh...I am trailing off...
My point is: Listen to Jesus, do what you do (to keep yourself closer to Him) and then just Love Him.
Anyway, on another irrelevent, exciting note, we got the Outreach location options yesterday! Each team will be going to a country and an Ivy League college. Super excited!! I really wanted to go to the Ivys, but I had a feeling God was gonna send me out of the country. This way I get both! ;-) Anyway, so the options are Irelend/UK, South Africa, and Nepal. I turned in my top 2 choices today and tomorrow I will find out for sure where I will be going. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
Well, I must get going...I need to finish my homework (reading the book of Mark) and on top of that, I have been feeling not so well these past 2 days.
In the words of my friend here, "Do what God says and do it swirled." Get swirled. (And if you still don't know what "swirled" means, totally cool. It's probably better anyway.)
I love you all!
Xoxo,
Cheryl
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