Hmmm...

How come its so easy sometimes to have an awesome night at church and then come home get comfortable, grab a snack and not think one thing about what happened at church? This happens for me a lot. And I know that is my fault. And tonight, I was about to let that same thing happen. But I'm not. I'm going to sit here and reflect a bit about what God did for me today/tonight. Because God's been so good to me all day.

Tonight we focused on prayer in youth. I wasn't sure at first how I thought it was going to go, especially since we had several first time visitors. I thought... these kids are going to think we are some kind of weird, holier-than-thou-type of youth group. But, you know what? God showed up. And for me it was a simple verse that made Him so much more real for me. I've heard these verses 1000 times and will probably hear them a million more times before I die, but tonight for some reason, God showed up in the midst of these verses. They are found in Phil 4:6&7. It says (NIV) "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

I've got myself so worried and freaked out about this whole moving thing, but tonight, I'm not worried. God promised me that I dont have to worry, but with a thankful heart, I'm to bring my requests to Him. And He'll give me such amazing peace that it will guard my heart and mind, and help me not to worry all the more. Just a sense of, Ok, God... it's all you. You work it out. You know the amount of money I need, You know the job I need, You know the place I need to live. And I dont have to be consumed by it. It was great!

I had another awesome experience today that I want to share with you all. I have a friend who's been reading my blog and she emailed me today and said that she hadn't really shared my blog or my situation with her hubby or her kids but her daughter... (her email to follow)

"...was getting her things ready to take a bath and said "mom, i had a dream last night that lauren, the one with short hair who worked at my school last year, she got a really beautiful apartment or something. it had two doors that opened like this.....and then she proceeded to tell me what it looked like. INTERESTING!>!>!>! "

Is that cool or what?!?!? It brought tears to my eyes because I believe the Lord used a small child to remind me that He's got it all figured out! I just can't wait until she comes to visit me and walks into my new place and says "Yep! This is what it looked like!!"

Anyway, thanks for listening to my ramblings!!