Wow, see. It’s so true that Christians feel this amazing feeling, but not always. It makes you kind of wonder, why can’t I always feel like this? Though if we always felt like that would we have faith? Or as strong of faith?
Hebrews 11:1
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
I think it is truly an amazing feeling though. I got to feel it more today. Let’s tell the story. So my youth group did a Free Car Wash today and we had a boom box with batteries. So after a while probably 2:30-3hours into it I put my Sunsets and Sushi CD into it and played track 2 (O Praise Him (All This For A King) (Oceanic Mix)) Which has a sweet beat! Then I went down to where the cars were and where the others were holding signs and just started dancing. Some of it was breakdancing, some was crazy dancing, jumping, leaping, skipping, and lots of laughing. Now at one point Bailey asked me “aren’t you embarassed” and I said “not at all” and I wasn’t. It was great. I felt the joy and love of praising God through dancing and singing. Plus we were doing a Car Wash for him. So that’s my story. I rather liked it (the dancing not the story). See the funny thing about it was also the fact that I am not very good at making up dances on the spot, I’m more of a you tell me what to do and I’ll do it. So my dancing was nothing spectacular, it was mainly just me throwing my body around with all my might. But it was great, and now my toes and feet hurt cause I was barefoot, oh and I wasn’t wearing a shirt, but I loved it……. it reminds me of a verse that I used in the last post.
2 Samual 6:14
“David wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might.”
Amazing. I love God. I love hope, I love mercy, joy, faith, dancing, laughter, sun, stars, the moon, rain, waterfalls, undignifiedness (is that a word) and anything else to do with God, beauty and uncaringness. It might not have been beautiful to watch me, but I think God saw it as his son dancing to him uncaring and thought it was the most beatiful thing ever. Uncaring joy.
September 10th, 2006 at 10:36 am
you don’t know how happy it makes me to see that you’re so on fire for God right now, it’s simply amazing. i only come across very few people who live their lives like you do, and are so on fire, and for me, i don’t know how you do it. yes, a couple weeks or so, but to be this excited and in love is crazy awsome. don’t stop. do everything in your power to keep this feeling. you’re an amazing guy who loves God with all his might and that is the coolest thing ever.
September 10th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
I like to think that that’s how heaven’s going to be. Only all the time. Can’t wait!!!
September 10th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
This reminds me of what my youth paster talked about right before we went to IYC. He talked about how when we were at IYC that we should be Undignified (sorry about spelling) that we shouldn’t be afraid to dance, to scream, to shout , to cry, to laugh. Becouse when we worship, it isn’t for the people that are standing around us, its only for God. So we shouldn’t be embarresed to dance and yell, and whatever elsle we do when we worship.
He also said, that when you are not embarresed to express your faith, that others will want to join you. and it actually came true for me at IYC lol. during David Crowder I was dancing (well, if you could call it dancing lol) and jumping and all that. and for a LONG time, this guy was stareing at me wierd, but I was like,
‘you know what, I just don’t care! i’m not doing this for you’
then hahah, at that end of the service, he started to copy me! haha. whenever I would jump, he would jump, and whenever I stopped, he stopped.
it made my day.
but my youth paster was right, we can set an example for other people by REALLY praising God, and just being full of the joy he gives us.
haha, now this is reallly long lol, and I gotta get back to homework! but yea. see ya.
September 11th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
See that is one of the most amazing things we can experiance as childeren of God! I totally doubal say everything that kt says! IT isent 4 anyone but the Lord! I was by her @ IYC and there was a guy on my other side and he was kinda like …
“Wowo thease girls have some mmmeeenntal issues”
But kt and i just kept going. U know what it was great! I have never regretted showing my faith. WE did a car wash in Exicter Cali.In a neighbor hood that well lets just say it was in the getto. Well myself and kt and two other people went to this busy road with out sighns. Now there were thease two skateborders. They came up and were like what r u doing?
We said well were having a free car wash No donations at all We will not accept them
The skateborders were baffaled they could not understan why we would just do that 4 free and not accept any money 4 it. IT was so cool cuz we got to explain how we were just doing this 4 the Lord. It was so cool!
September 11th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
that is very cool leah!!! i love it when opportunities like that come along.
September 11th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Hoo rah! That makes me want to dance!
Spencer without a shirt on! I wish I was there, just kidding. But I do wish I was there, so I guess I wasn’t kidding after all. But I was kidding about me wanting to be there because you didn’t have a shirt but, but I wasn’t kidding about wanting to be there because you never know when you could use a free car wash. And anyways, I’ve seen your rock hard abs plenty of times. I went on my first drive today. HOO RAH!
September 12th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Wow, you ARE cool. . . thats liek what i felt liek today. I know exacly what you are saying about having faith even when you don’t have that feeling all the time. i hadn’t had the “feeling” (lol) in like 2 months. sad. It;s the hardest thing though. i am prooud of you!
P.S
i can totally picture you dancing w/o a shirt infront of cars and being wacko. it’s just so you.
September 12th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
wow, i spelled like=liek, twice. thats lame