Week 5

Psalm 139:23-24
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”

We had a great week! Carolyn Ros was here to teach us about the Fear of the Lord. She’s truly a wonderful woman of God, and has a big heart for teaching! She always related everything back to Psalm 1, which was a nice way of keeping everything together. On Wednesday, we split up into two groups to discuss the fear of the Lord. In my group, we mainly talked about being obedient to God, and how what seems small to us might be HUGE for someone else. Its important to be obedient in these things, especially when we go into outreach. As soon as we returned, God convicted and told me that I needed to ask forgiveness from a student…in front of everybody. It wasn’t easy, but I felt that God wanted to use me as an example of how we should be with eachother. The following day, one student openly confessed some sin from her past, and everyone started confessing and asking forgiveness! The openness and brokenness in the group was amazing! We finally hit a break-through as a team! I humbled myself and asked for forgiveness from one of the staff members as well. Overall, an amazing week!

I’ve had a few brief moments when I miss home a bit, but nothing major. I’ve learned that the students and staff are here to support me, but I shouldn’t rely on them. God has been showing me a lot lately. But mostly on how I need to relax. I need to just take time and sit back, relax, and enjoy myself. Otherwise I fear God might force me to relax by letting an injury occur…so yeah, time to relax! I’ve managed to finish “Heavenly Man”. It was a great book that showed me a lot of things. With that behind me, I hope it will relieve some the pressure, and I can actually teach myself how to relax. The last four years in university have been so busy, that I always needed to be productive, down to every minute!

I really look forward to spending the next week with the team in our “Extreme Week”.

God bless!
Shane