tonight was a first. i led music at yl club for the first time tonight. well kind of led. ryan plays guitar & leads and then a girl leader leads with him. luckily he is a fantastic singer and sings loud. or at least its lucky for me because bless the hearts of those that have to hear me sing. but it was so fun. i have to be honest i was really nervous. im not sure why because we dont even have microphones. but i suck at singing. i mean really really suck. but once i got up there i just had a great time and got into and we picked some great songs so it was great. my favorite was a new song that a guy in yl wrote called as i am and it talks about how jesus loves us just as we are and that no one else can love us like that. its a privilege to share that kind of thing with our high school friends. gosh i love club so much. every single week i leave with my heart feeling so full. full because jesus met us at club. full because i am so obsessed with my team. full because i love hva so greatly. full from hearing laughter of all of our high school friends. full from watching conversation happen among kids and leaders after they just heard about this guy named jesus. full from spending time with the girls i have come to love so quickly. and full because i am so thankful to be a part of such a great ministry. each week a leader gets the privilege of standing in front of all the kids at club and telling them about a man named jesus and how they have personally encountered him and how he wants to encounter each of them. it is such a treat to hear from my teammates each week. but last week we did something different. last week chris stood up and asked everyone to listen as we heard from several people who are in the bible who actually got to walk with jesus and encounter him and their personal stories and maybe to see if they identified themselves with of these stories. so several leaders were scattered throughout the room and stood up and told stories of people in the bible and their encounters with jesus. like the inn keeper, and the woman at the well, and a disciple, and a friend of jesus, and peter when he doubted jesus, and mary when she went to jesus' tomb and he wasnt there. at our team meeting before club while we were going over what club would look like chris told us that after everyone told their stories that maybe instead of our typical after club dance party that maybe we could just play some softer music and that maybe we could have some intentional conversation with our friends. that they might identify with one of the stories and they could talk to their leader. and we prayed hard for that to happen. just simply for conversation. and it happened. and it was the sweetest thing to get to watch & be a part of. some of the girls i hang out with & i talked about how they relate with the one who doubted jesus. one girl asked me how it was possible that he multiplied the bread and fish when he fed the huge crowd. one girl told me that she believes in jesus but sometimes she asks herself how it could all be true. conversation. it was so good. and i was so thankful. jesus met us there and was so present in conversation. one of the greatest things about after club is when a few of us stay to clean and we just chat about how jesus met us there and how he was faithful to answer our prayers for club. tonight was no exception. there was a crowd and there was laughter and the talk was hard to give but it was what jesus wanted and i know he was so pleased with chris for telling our high school friends the truth and that there is a god that loves them so deeply and wants them to know he forgives them. there was talk after club of starting campaigners for different groups and that made me so excited! cant wait to start campaigners with my friends.
tonight i am going to sleep with a full heart. and i am resting in knowing that he loves me just as i am.
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