"...the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God." ...Romans 8:21

I chose the title "Glorious Freedom" because that is what life is about isn't it? Living your life with the idea that we have this glorious freedom through Christ. We are no longer held hostage to this world. We have a hope like no other that changes the way I live my life. I have also been fascinated with the idea of upcoming glory. The glory that we will not only see, but experience in eternity..."that greater glory of which nature is only the first sketch" -CS Lewis. I love thinking and reading more about this. I am excited for this blog because I would love to have a place to write all my thoughts about this and other random things.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Renewed power of prayer.

     Tonight was the first time I have ever given a club talk.  I gave my talk on the story of Zacchaeus and how Jesus made a point to spend time with him.  If you know me at all, you know that one of the last things I would enjoy doing is being the center of all attention in front of 120 high school students.  But tonight, that is exactly what I did.  For the past four weeks I have been in preparation and constant prayer for this night, due to the fact that I knew I would most likely suck at it.
     I whole-heartedly believe that it is because of that prayer that my talk went even remotely well.  High schoolers sat and listened to me talk about Jesus for 10 minutes and I hope and pray more than anything that someone left changed.  That they all left changed.  Not because of what I said but because of what God laid on their hearts while I was blessed enough to be able to be the one delivering Jesus' gospel.  I was FREE to do things and be things that my natural self is not.
     Prayer has a renewed power for me tonight.  I am in no way qualified to do what I did.  But because of this blessing of a ministry that God has given me, I was transformed.  And that is what prayer did for me.  God did that for me. Ptl.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hello

So this is my first post.  I do not really know what exactly I want to write on this.  Lately I have been extremely interested in reading other people's blogs, so I just decided to make my own.

I am excited about this because there are so many times that I will read something or hear something and I will want to write or share what I think about it.  I do journal, but some things are just too long and thought out to actually write down.  I think this blog will make it easier and more fun. :)