february sixteenth...

so i'm a day late. but yesterday let's see. Well i spent a large amount of the day at the gym, mostly because some older ladies came in and wanted some help figuring out how to use the equipment, and that was actually really entertaining. helping people in any small way just really brings me joy, but more importantly when I'm doing it with God in the center, it brings Him glory and that's just that much better.

After that, I took a shower and then went to church. The worship last night was incredible for me. We sang a lot of songs that the Lord just really speaks to me through and I just felt His presence so strongly last night. Then, Brother Billy talked about the things we need to have to really make and impact for God. And one of the big ones for me, was fearlessness. We must be fearless in order to make an impact. I think sometimes I just enjoy being comfortable and the prospect of going outside of that leads me to operate on the basis of fear and not out of obedience and that is something that I do not want for my life because I know it is not part of the Lord's plan for my life. After church, we went back to Caroline's house and had cake for Landon's 16th birthday. He's really turning into a really great kid and I'm so excited to see how the Lord is going to use him. all in all, good night filled with worship, learning, and fellowship.

prayer for me: there's a person recently who is just really getting on my nerves and i just really need prayer on how to be patient and deal with this person and love them and see what parts of God He has placed in them instead of dwelling on what I don't like.

prayer for others: there's a boy in our youth group who I talked with last night who is just really struggling with relationships and i just ask that you would pray for him to just be content in the Lord and trust Him to write His love story and not take matters into his own hands, but instead, trust that the Lord is good.