this weekend i had the opportunity to go on a winter retreat with my church's youth group at Amigo Centre. i felt so intrigued about the things i learned and how i was inspired that i feel the need to share. Jessica, our speaker for the weekend, had us look through a stack of photos of some very different images. the first time she had us pick out a photo that made us think of faith and what we believe faith looks like. i chose a photo of what looks like a person walking up an escalator but it only shows their feet. for me faith is a journey of walking with God. its like we are climbing up a mountain/escalator and we have those high experiences along the way when we feel "high" on God in a way then like the escalator may pull us up or down. we also have low times where it feels like life/escalator is pulling as down. its like a roller coaster. the second photo we had to choose was a card that showed, in our opinion, what a perfect faith looks like. i chose a picture of a bride on her wedding day. for me if i felt like this bride did about her new spouse as i did about God i would have the perfect faith. so in love with God and wanting a full relationship with Him. i long for the feeling of being fully in love with God and all that He is and does. to me that is what a perfect faith would look like. realizing there is a journey beginning just as the wedding day symbolizes. words that come to mind when i think of this kind of faith are the trust, the relationship, the hope, the commitment, the promise, and what binds it all together...l o v e. i long for the kind of faith that has me being so in love with Him that obedience to Him comes naturally. the third and fourth cards we had to choose had to symbolize worship for you. i chose a card that showed a girl sitting in a dark church sitting hunched over in a pew. she could've been praying or she could've been struggling for the right words. whatever the case i think it is important to realize worship is a time where we can simply sit at the feet of Jesus. soaking in His presence. no we dont need to have it all together. but simply taking the time to listen to Him and spend time with Him. that is what worship is all about for me. the other card i chose was more of what i sometimes see worship as in a not so helpful way. it was a picture of a silverware container with the forks, knives, and spoons all in the specific compartments. the different types of silverware symbolized for me that there are different ways of worship. just like the forks, knives, and spoons all help while eating so do the many different ways of worship. there isn't a right or wrong way. but to remember who and why you are worshiping.
Romans 8:15-17 (The Message)..
"This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him!"
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