Ever since coming to Austin it has been a long trip trying to find where I belong. Granted, I have been a Christian most of my life so I should know where I should be finding my identity. Times were not good for me when I first came to Austin though. There was just so much emptiness that came over me and it would cause me to do regretful things to fill in that emptiness. I always felt that doing things that had little satisfaction helped me be happy and it did, but little did I care I was making the Lord very unhappy. I didn't care because He wasn't important to me. I would always put school and work in front of God because that was more important in my life. And it wasn't because I was too busy to glorify Him, but because I honestly thought I was not worthy of His grace. How can a person who grew up in the church think something like that? It's because I was a fool who lost direction and it is because of God's persistence I was found again.
At this point in my life I needed a wakeup call and that is exactly what I got. It took a bike wreck along with a broken collar bone to do the trick. I remember riding really fast, I remember slamming on the ground and the pain I was in, but I can't seem to remember how l lost control. Did I slam the brake too hard? Did I hit a stick or a rock? Did God push me? I still don't know how I lost control, but I do know why; God wanted my attention so he disabled me. Due to a broken collar bone I was unable to work and took a leap of absence over two months for healing. Not being able to work and through fast healing it opened up an opportunity to go on a weekend retreat to Mexico with Campus Crusade. Little did I know I was going to fall in love with this ministry after the retreat.
Through Crusade God has blessed with good company that encourages my walk with Christ. It has made me eager to learn more and step out to proclaim the good news. Over spring break I got a glimpse of what my summer is going to be like. I got to share and engage in a spiritual conversation with college students in Panama City Beach, Florida. During the week on the beach I kept asking myself "what is more fulfilling than sharing the gospel?" The last day on the beach my roommate and I got to lead two guys from Purdue University to Christ. Being able to witness this was incredible to say the least. It has been really cool to see how God works in my life and in others. Even when times are good and when times are bad, when life is a roller coaster, God is good and will be for eternity.
Romans 6:17-18 "But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness."
At this point in my life I needed a wakeup call and that is exactly what I got. It took a bike wreck along with a broken collar bone to do the trick. I remember riding really fast, I remember slamming on the ground and the pain I was in, but I can't seem to remember how l lost control. Did I slam the brake too hard? Did I hit a stick or a rock? Did God push me? I still don't know how I lost control, but I do know why; God wanted my attention so he disabled me. Due to a broken collar bone I was unable to work and took a leap of absence over two months for healing. Not being able to work and through fast healing it opened up an opportunity to go on a weekend retreat to Mexico with Campus Crusade. Little did I know I was going to fall in love with this ministry after the retreat.
Through Crusade God has blessed with good company that encourages my walk with Christ. It has made me eager to learn more and step out to proclaim the good news. Over spring break I got a glimpse of what my summer is going to be like. I got to share and engage in a spiritual conversation with college students in Panama City Beach, Florida. During the week on the beach I kept asking myself "what is more fulfilling than sharing the gospel?" The last day on the beach my roommate and I got to lead two guys from Purdue University to Christ. Being able to witness this was incredible to say the least. It has been really cool to see how God works in my life and in others. Even when times are good and when times are bad, when life is a roller coaster, God is good and will be for eternity.
Romans 6:17-18 "But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness."