Breaking the mold.

Well, I haven't written in a while ... I've been busy with school, church, BCM, intramurals ... and just life in general. I'm ready for Thanksgiving break to be here! I need to relieve some stress and just be around my family again.


Lately, I've been reading the book of Malachi, and thinking a lot about sacrifices. The first part of the book is all about the Israelites offering unworthy sacrifices to God. God even calls them out on this, pointing out their sin, and they still offer their very least to Him. And to make matters worse, they turn around and offer their governor the fruits of their labor! Why do we do this? Why do we offer those we hold in high respect, those we want to impress, the very best of what we have, and then offer the Most High whatever is left? It would be better for us to offer nothing! Malachi 1:8-9 says "Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, and will accept no offering from your hands." Useless sacrifices are nothing but a disobedience to God.

Our God is an all or nothing kind of God -- and it's not just on our part! He wholly offered His son to us, wholly offered His love, mercy and grace, and most importantly, He has wholly offered salvation to us. Our life is nothing in comparison to what He offers us and yet we falter. If only we could wholly offer ourselves to Him! If only our generation would break the mold that history has created and offer a living sacrifice to the perfect Lamb! Only then would our Father truly feel a portion of the glory He deserves.

entering grace.

My first blog .. where to start? Life seems to be moving so fast lately, with so much going on .. I've been finding it hard to just "be still". Meeting so many new people in class and with the BCM has been such an awesome experience, but at the same time, it's distracted me from my walk with God. I love making new friends, but sometimes I get so caught up in getting to know them and spending time with them that I dont take time to spend with my God.

Monday night, Mrs. Renee decided that we were gonna study evangelism in our prayer group. The message that we talked about helped me hear what God had been trying to tell me -- "stop caring so much about this person, and start caring about all these people. stop trying to find someone for you, and start finding others for Me."

If only I could describe the humility I felt! It made me realize that its really NOT about me, but Christ in me. So this year, I'm hoping to grow stronger in evangelism. And I'm praying that whatever God's will may be for me in the time to come, I'll be able to tell others more about the God who strengthens the weak and humbles the proud, as I also work on coming to the throne of grace with confidence.