A Most Interesting Drive

This is for you, Scott.

Two days ago, Mr. Scott Cameron and I made a deal. If he could give me a ride home, I would write a blog post about our experience. I don't remember much of the dialogue except for:

Scott: "So Katie...."

Me: "Yup..."

Me: "So ********"

Scott: "Yeah..."

And then we talked about random star trek stuff and such. Maybe every time I go in the car with Scott, I'll blog. Maybe I'll just start a new blog called "Adventures with Scott"

You're welcome Scott.

Grace

Dude, I haven't posted in ever.

I just wanna post something extremely awesome that happened to me- my lady broke it off with me.

I know you're probably wondering how in the world this is a good thing, but it is. A few weeks ago, my youth pastor, Justin, taught a lesson on Esther 1. He got really passionate about how we shouldn't be wasting our time with dating and relationships (boy-girl). I felt convicted the entire time because my lady-friend and I were not very equally yoked.

After that youth group, my brother came up to me, sarcastically, and told me that this message was for me. It was. All the way. That night, I prayed that if God wanted it to be over, for Him to take over and work his awesomeness.

The next day, she called me saying that it wasn't working. For her sake, I will leave out the details, but basically, she had just stopped liking me.

-Prayer works.

A problem arose when I started being sarcastic to her and talking smack about her at school. The next week at youth group, we talked about Christ-like love. Those dang youth group messages are like aimed at me on purpose. I, that night, committed to go apologize to her and start being respectful for her, and watching her back. So far, I've been fairly successful.

The morals of this post are 1) Don't waste your time with girls or guys right now. God wants so much for your life. 2) Prayer works. 3) Christ-like love does not involve talking smack to people.

Leadership

I've recently realized that I have been in about every position of leadership at our church, besides an elder or pastor. I worked in the nursery, then with the kids. I ran sound in big church and did the slides for worship and did likewise in the youth group. I've also been on the worship team for both big church and the youth group.

Now I'm not just trying to show off here. I have a reason for this business and that is one question: Does being in a position of leadership truly make you a leader?

I know this sounds contradictory but seriously, if I get up on stage with an instrument and people paste the title "Worship Leader" on me, am I a leader?

I'd like to say no. I've heard plenty of stories about people who were not cut out to be leaders. In Romans, it says that he who is in a place of leadership should govern diligently.

Personally, I think a leader is simply someone who leads. If I get up on stage and do not lead in a time of worship, I'm obviously not leading. It's like of President Obama just stopped working, he would still be president (maybe not for long) but he would not be a leader, because he would not be leading.

My words of advice are, if you find yourself in a position of leadership "govern diligently." Make Christ-like decisions. Consult Christian peers. Peace out.

All Things for Good

Alright, lets face it. Not everything goes our way. Life seems to suck sometimes. It's the truth. Why do I say this? Some things have definitely not gone my way recently. I was mad/sad, but then I remembered "God works all things together for good." This is so crazy. ALL things. That means that just because things didn't go my way, it doesn't mean its bad. Actually it's the opposite. Things are meant to happen how they happen. I'm not saying to clap for joy whenever some tragedy happens, because its sad. It's sad because the world wasn't supposed to have death in it. But God even works that out for good. I can't tell how he will, I can just trust he will.

Still, think how crazy it is. I have to do extra chores because my brother is gone. Somehow that will work together for good. Somehow it will effect my attitude or my parents' attitudes or maybe even my brother's. The girl I like doesn't like me back? Sure, that sucks, but maybe God is growing her and making it so that she can have fantastic relationships later.

So still, why do I blog about this? It just goes to show that there IS a plan for everyone's life and God made it like that for a reason. So if something bad happens, don't blame God, cause he CANNOT be bad. Evil came into the world because of man anyway, there isn't a use blaming anyone but ourselves. But God, loves us, so he WILL work all things together for good.

So after reading this, remember these three things:

1. God loves you

2. God is in control

3. God knows what's best

(Thanks to Justin for the "The Bottom Line" ^^^)

Awe

I don't have a lot to say in this post, but I wanna make a point that God is big. Go look off at the ocean, into space, or at the mountains, and you'll find all are bigger than you. I think despite that, we still think life is all about us when God shows us it obviously isn't. If you've never cracked open a Bible, you can still just stand in awe of this comforting yet terrifying fact: God is big. Really big. He controls orbit, waves, earthquakes, thunderstorms, so he can control any problem I have in my life.

Serious Christians

You know what I absolutely dislike? People with no sense of humor. These are the people who are strictly business and don't think humor should be a part of their busy schedule.

I think Christians do this a lot though. We go to church and everything needs to be serious and business-like. I'm not saying God isn't serious, but He has a sense of humor. He also is joyful. Notice there isn't a fruit of the spirit called "Serious" because God wants us to be loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, so on and so forth.

At really formal churches, I imagine the Pastor telling a joke during the sermon, then getting taken from the pulpit and tied to a pole and brought outside the city limits and stoned. That shows how my mind works.

I really wrote this because people need to stop being un-funny for the Lord. Its just boring and not Christ-like.