hey guys!!!
yesterday was so awesome!!!
lucas and the worship team did an amazing job during chapel...i've been hearing really great things from different people.
and the night gathering at the occ was pretty awesome as well! i'm really bad at estimating but we probably had 100-200 people there...?
anyway, it doesn't matter the number. we know God brought everyone that needed to be there because we prayed for it :)
the holy spirit was truly there...it just felt so right. we got some awesome artwork that people made as a form of worship and left behind so we may put that up in the mallway this week for your viewing pleasuring, but mostly to honor God :)
a few of us that prayed after it was all over got really awesome encouragement from one of the housekeeping guys.
he told us how he believed our campus truly needed this and that of all the attributes of God, we were capturing his core that fed
into all the other parts (he demonstrated this point with a floor lamp haha). but yeah, SUPER encouraging.
he also told us that exactly what we were doing was going to stomp on satan (that's what we were praying for when he interjected)
so, yay God!!!
special thank you to felicia styers and bianca tavera for planning and preparing for monday...you two are loved! :)
also, thank you to all who shared and rapped and prayed and helped set up and clean up...you are all loved as well!
heck, if you're reading this email, you're loved :)
okay, i'm going to stop rambling now.
lovelovelove

ps- feel free to forward this email to anyone you want! and email me if you'd like me to add anyone to the mailing list. thanks! :)

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Tuesday: Love Yourself
Jer Nelsen Artwork: Commons slideshow, all day
the gathering: PPAC, 8pm//Student Testimonies: Nathan Engle, Elle Kernitz, Megan Miller, Dwight Piraino

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Revolutionary Devotional Thought by Floyd Barringer

Tuesday

Love Yourself
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“With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” James 3:9-10 NKJV



I had always thought that Christians were suppose to be selfless, always acting without a thought to their own desires or wants. In fact, they were suppose to sacrifice themselves readily for others, no matter the cost. Of course, you can imagine how my gears started to grind when coming to verses like Matthew 22 where we are commanded to love our neighbor AS ourselves. A similar command is from St. Paul in Ephesians 5:25-29



“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church”

There does not seem to be any getting around it. If you want to love others, you must first love God AND you must also find that you must love yourself.

How does that work?

I'm finding it rather hard to find a passage in the Bible that exclusively and exhaustively covers the topic of loving yourself. I'm wondering if loving yourself was a no-brainer to the ancients or they all simply did not suffer from self esteem issues and problems of forgiving themselves.

Regardless, we are made in the image of God and that at least gives some value to us. I suspect that we then cannot completely love God if we do not accept ourselves. Yes, that probably means forgiving ourselves for things we had done in the past. But first, how do we hate ourselves?

There are some people who feel they are worthless. They give themselves a hard time and are perhaps their own harshest critic. It's the antidote to pride in its worse form. The problem is that it is its own kind of poison. Yes, there is merit in reminding ourselves not to think too highly of ourselves but there is such a thing as taking it too far. Besides, to rob ourselves of any worth is the work of evil. It was the Devil and sin that deceived and doomed man to return to the dust. It was God who took dust from the ground, gave it immeasurable worth, made it new, and THEN created it into Man, in God's own image.

Part of hating ourselves may stem from lying to ourselves. Somehow we get that we are not to lie to others, but alas, the commandment is “Thou shalt not bear false witness to others” it is “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” Somehow, I don't think God appreciates us lying to ourselves.

That is why it is important to know who we are ourselves and to accept our weakness and faults. Are you good at something? Well, don't deny it or shun it or tell yourself that you're in fact bad with it. God gave you talents for a reason. It is a waste and an insult to God not to use it. In fact, it may even be a gift from the Holy Spirit. They say that it is rude to refuse a gift. You can imagine refusing a gift from the Holy Spirit. It hurts others but it will also hurt you. Are you struggling with something? Welcome to being a human in a post fallen world. We all have our weaknesses. That is why God gave us others and His Son to help us get past those struggles.

I sometimes imagine the angels in heaven scratching their heads in utter disbelief at what they were seeing. Did God really know what He was doing this time? Yes, creating the world and everything, that's cool. But to make something in His own image and give it free will? Sure, they're good now, and they have the possibility for everything to go well, but then what if they choose not to cooperate? These human creatures aren't omniscient, they don't know everything. What if they blow it?

And yet somehow, the God of the universe is desperately in love with them. If God loves them, us, then somehow we must find within ourselves to love others but also ourselves.

We know we are to forgive others their trespasses, but we must also forgive ourselves for the things we have done.

The reasons to this I suspect are as follows. How can we fully love God if we do not allow Him to speak to us on how we can better love ourselves? We are created in His image so how can we both proclaim to love God while all the while tearing down His image in us? How then can we truly forgive others if we do not learn to forgive ourselves? How can we love others fully if we do not accept where we are and love ourselves? To claim to love God and or our neighbors while hating ourselves is to give a lie. It is not giving our very best.

First, pray to God to help us and guide us. There is such a thing as taking loving ourselves too far, but there is also such a thing as unhealthily “loving” others. That is why we need the source of all love and wisdom to guide us. Then, accept where you are at. Can you get better at some things? Yes. Are there some things you may struggle with? Possibly, it's called being human. Yes, we're still dust, but we're also new creations in Christ. Whether we like it or no, we bear God's image. It may be marred and hard to see, but it is there nonetheless. We find that the image of the One who loves perfectly is in us, and we too must love perfectly. We must love ourselves.

THE REVOLUTION IS HERE...

beloved.
the time is now.
the spirit's calling:
wake up, child.
it's your turn to shine.
you were born for such a time as this.

oh, Father. thank you so, so much for bringing us to this day.
this day for which we have spent countless hours in preparation.
Father, i can hardly imagine what you will do with this week.
thank you for using us. thank you for choosing us.
i just ask that everything we do from this point forward is only to advance your kingdom.
empower us with the spirit in that way, Father.
equip us in the ways we will need it this week, Lord.
prepare us for the healing of the broken that you will administer through us this week.
we are so unworthy and humbled before you.
embolden us to walk in the plan you have willed for us since the dawn of creation.
thank you for loving us, Lord.
teach us how to love you back.

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Monday, November 2nd- Love God
Morning Chapels- Speaker: Lucas Binkerd
Night Gathering- OCC, 8pm//Speakers: Student Testimonies

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Last May, I talked to Floyd Barringer about creating devos for the day leaders to be read during the week of Love Revolution.

and of course, he faithfully obliged. :) here follows the fruit of that labor.

thanks floyd :)


Monday

Love God



“But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD.” Jeremiah 9:24 NKJV



“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with strength.”

-Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV





It all starts here. Genesis starts with the immortal words, “In the beginning, GOD created...” John starts with the Word, the Logos, that was God. The Church has historically told the story of Christ starting first with that He was the Son of God. The first of the Ten Commandments proclaims that Yahweh is God. . Clearly, there is something important about starting with God and to remember that we are to love Him. Why?



Jeremiah wrote in a time when Judah was spiritually bankrupt. The prophet proclaimed to a audience that was all too hostile or apathetic to listen to him. The previous chapters paints a sad picture. The people of God have forsaken Him and instead turned to idolatry, debauchery and injustice. People only served God with their lips. Jeremiah repeatedly called for the people to first turn back to God, to seek Him first. Chapter nine of Jeremiah culminates is this stunning command, that the wise, mighty and rich should not glory or boast in their talents, might, wisdom or riches. Instead, even the great must remember Who gave them their prosperity and instead boast and glory in a deep understanding of Yahweh and what He does and what He delights in.



So why do we first start with loving God? A good Sunday school answer would be because we are told to. A good theological answer would be because we cannot truly love until we first turn to God, for it is God alone who can teach us to truly love Him and truly love others. Anyone who has struggled with sin and selfishness knows it is a hard fight and we end up finding out we are powerless to do it ourselves. It is God alone who can save us and teach us to truly love.



However, I suspect these answers are just the beginning. They are all very good answers, but for the purpose of this week, they are not complete answers. Look back at the passage from Jeremiah and remember that lovingkindness, (compassion) judgment, (justice) and righteousness are things God does because He delights in them. The Lord smiles when we turn to Him, even in our most feeble and weakest of gestures. He then helps us to be like Him. The ultimate end of humanity will be when we are like Him, incorruptible and free to do good and nothing but good.



It is also a command to love with everything, everything that we are. It is a hard calling and often we can overlook things in ourselves that we have not surrendered to God. I remember slipping a bill in my coat pocket to give for the offering on a Sunday. Just before the offering, reaching to grab the bill, I felt another coin and pulled both out. It was a dime, the smallest coin we have but deceptively more valuable than a penny. Funny how that works, we don't notice those little things in our lives and when we do discover them, we find out that they have much deeper consequences than what we could have first imagined. It is with this reason that we must constantly turn to Him to show us what must be changed, if only to cast to Him all that we can so that He may increase our surrender and love to Him.



The bottom line is this. In turning to God, in loving Him, He strengthens us to love Him even more, and in doing that, we are turned to compassion, justice and righteousness. Everything, absolutely everything good and pure flows from here and so we must first start here with the love of God. If we miss it here, everything we wish to accomplish, much less the goals and purpose of this week will come to pieces.



So here let us stop and pray. Here let us meditate and learn and understand. Here let us listen to God and turn to Him, that He may speak to us on how we can love Him more. What things must we lay aside so that we can truly love Him with all our Heart, with all our Soul, with all our Mind and Strength, that we may love Him with our all? Let us listen to what He must speak to us. Let us first love Him with everything we have so that this week and the rest of our lives may be a reflection of Him, the One who first loved us and is the perfection of holiness and love.

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Love Revolution- A Week of Compassion, Confession and Forgiveness
NOW coming to IWU November 2-6, 2009
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monday updates: Week 8

Monday, August 3, 2009 – Week 8

…Of the Weeks:

Song: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” – Toy Story

Quote: “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” – Dr. Seuss

Verses: Exodus 19:4-6

Hello all!

I hope you’ve had an awesome week.

I must confess I truly have been struggling lately, trying to return to the Lord.

I haven’t had a good conversation with Him in a long time and it is entirely my fault.

Have you ever been in this place?

This place is knowing what is right, yet feeling unwilling to pursue it.

I am going to press on this week, though.

I have found notes I’ve taken these past two years at IWU…some ways that God spoke to me in my humble dorm room and at College Church.

I want to share some of it with you this week, hoping it will speak to you the way it has to me and inspire you to press on this week as well. J

Regarding love…

(reflections on life experiences and 1 Corinthians 13)

*Still smile at the world when it turns its back on you, when it gives you a scornful look. Always love. Don’t be discouraged by rejection or insincerity. You are not out to seek approval from the world. If you are, you will only be met with emptiness, for it is through pleasing God alone that we are truly satisfied. And it is through loving others that we can truly bring Him pleasure. Always love.

*Live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of sinful nature- Galatians 5:16

*The one thing everyone has in common is the need to be loved. And that is the greatest gift God has equipped us with. Love without boundaries, without borders, without colors, without limitations, without sight, without judgment, without selection, without anything else but the pure desire to love another one of God’s oh-so-beautiful creations. Just love.

*Be patient, be kind, do not envy, do not boast, do not be proud, do not be self-seeking, do not be easily angered, do not keep record of wrongs, do not delight in evil, rejoice in the truth. Always protect, always trust, always hope, always perservere and you will never fail.

*I think God put “be patient” first because He knows that that is one of the main things that keeps us from loving wholeheartedly- our lack of patience with others. Love pretty much is pure patience backed by unadulterated compassion. Help me to be patient, Lord and to slow down my day if ever I see someone in need of your love.

Regarding loving God and His love for you…

(notes from a Deneff sermon- 9/7/08)

(disclaimer: because I haven’t included the notes in their entirety, the points might seem like different thoughts, all over the place. if you want the full notes, let me know!)

*The 10 Commandments= the kind of life God’s calling us back into, a life where Egypt no longer in exists in us…because even after we’ve gotten out of Egypt, we’ve never gotten Egypt out of us.

*Get Egypt out of you. It won’t be easy. It won’t be quick. Just trust and hold onto your hope. Push away the feeling that the world is falling away or that your suffering is too great, just remember your GOD, YAHWEH, will deliver you in His own good, perfect time.

*THIS is the time Christ has set apart for you to be consecrated in His name, to be fully developed in His will, to change the world through Him. Don’t let this chance pass you by. Don’t let things of the world get in the way, no matter how tempting. Don’t let things of the world become your God.

*Our God should be the FIRST we consult when we have a problem, not our friends, not our mentors, not our family, not Christian books – just the Lord your God.

*Return to your first love- Love the Lord your God.

He is a jealous God – not a reaction of anger, but of love. God is SO consumed with love for you, He doesn’t want you to wholly belong to anyone else.

*The process of giving yourself completely to God isn’t going to be easy- it never was but there is no comfort on Earth like His eternal love.

*Be so in love with Christ, your lover, that everyone else seems second rate.

*Talk about nothing and everything with the Lord your God. If religious things are all you discuss with God, your relationship won’t go anywhere.

*Surrender the gods in your life to the Lord and He will place the Spirit in you so that you will naturally obey Him.

*Don’t just be faithful- love The One you chose. Fall back in love with Him. Put aside all those that might have gotten in the way. Nothing else is worth putting ahead of the Lord your God, who is consumed with love for you.

*Exodus 19:4-6: You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to yourself. Not if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all the nations, you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

*You may be lying there, slumped in anguish, but Christ is lying there right next to you, with his arm around you, not any less anguished but wholly willing to share this cup with you.

I hope something in there spoke to you.

Let’s try to make every action this week intentional, meditating on and practicing the love which God has blessed us with.

I love you all.

--Jeanette

monday updates: Week 7

Monday, July 27, 2009 – Week 7

…Of the Weeks:

Song: “Lord of Lords” – Hillsong [this song is a repeat but it’s just too good…if you haven’t listened to it yet, please do!!]

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4

Verses: Psalm 119:36-37

Hello everyone!

I truly cannot believe it’s Monday again.

I don’t know how your summer is going, but mine is starting to fly by desperately faster.

It’s definitely a reminder to keep from wasting moments and to be more intentional.

Thank you so much to those of you who have written me back this past week…it is always so uplifting to hear from you.

Please continue to write back when you have the chance J

1. Prayer request- Elle Kernitz

2. Update- Jessica Eubanks

3. God’s love

4. me

5. you

1. I would really like to start this email with a prayer request for my roommate of the last two years, Elle. She had been working as a camp counselor for the past two or three weeks at a music camp in New York. A few days ago, she was in a motorcycle accident and broke her femur. She immediately had surgery to put a permanent metal rod in her leg. It is completely God’s doing that she sustained no other injuries and that she is even still alive. However, she is stuck in New York for now and will go through rehab. Her mom flew out to be there with her and she has a very trusting attitude that God is going to work through this. As you can imagine, though, the next few weeks are going to be really hard for her. Please keep her in your prayers.

Also, if you would like to send her a card or anything, I do have her mailing address in New York. Just let me know. J

2. A few weeks back, Jess (Jack-Jack) asked for prayer over her grandparents. Her grandma had just gotten out of the hospital for chest pains while her grandpa had a bad fall on the concrete at his farm, fracturing vertebrae and causing swelling in his spinal cord that threatened paralysis in his neck and right side. Here is her update:

God is always good! grandpa is regaining some of his strength! he has begun to take steps and he can now move his fingers!--and best of all he is giving ALL credit to GOD! he has stepped into a deeper faith and more expressive love for God! he said he didn't think he ever fully accepted Jesus in his heart, so he prayed and did it for real this time...praise God!!!!! God has also blessed the household....the church provided 2 handicapped bathrooms and a wheelchair ramp for my grandparents!

grandma- well, she is tired, but still pressing! they found out she has dementia, so praise God that they found it early so they can delay the effects! she has taken steps toward a deeper relationship with God as well!

3. What does God’s love mean to you? What are some experiences, instances in your life when you have witnessed God’s love firsthand? Are there any songs, movie scenes, dances, books, poems that have ever given a good example of God’s love to you? If anything comes to mind, please share it with me and I’ll post it in the next email.

4. I know I have been building walls up against God lately and with each day, I have been feeling more and more powerless. I know God is drawing me back to Him and I have yet to spend some good quality time with Him. I need to push away from my humanity and be with Him once more. I know a breakthrough is coming soon, but I need to keep seeking Him.

5. Hi! I hope you are doing well. Take some time off this week and give time to yourself. Maybe take your iPod and sit in a relaxing place. Go cruising around town with no agenda. Take a journal to a busy place and people watch. Go to the library and find a section of books related to your passions and just sit and read. Go swimming. Go running. Do something fun! And give yourself some rest. J

lovelovelove

jeanette

monday updates: Week 6

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 – Week 6

…Of the Weeks:

Song: “Do You Realize?” –The Flaming Lips

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fVDGu82FeQ

Verses: James 5:13-18

Hey guys!

Sorry for this late edition of the Monday updates…I had a pretty busy weekend with a family picnic and a music festival. It was all super fun but I neglected to write this email update. I will make this one short and sweet because I want you guys to do some of the talking back. So if you could reply back to me this week, I would love it so much!

1. The event

2. How deep the Father’s love for us…

3. me

4. you

1. Let’s keep praying for Love Revolution itself and for the people involved in the planning. Right now, I myself am feeling worried about how fast November is coming, but I know it’s because I haven’t been spending enough time praying and planning and coming to the Lord. Please pray fervently for Love Revolution this week and then hand the baton to God, giving Him our full trust and listening ears.

2. So, like I told you last week, I’ve been re-reading I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Josh Harris. Last week in my reading, a quote by Randy Alcorn got me thinking again. The quote read, “Character is what you are in the dark when no one but God is watching. Anyone can look good in front of an audience or even in front of their friends. It’s an entirely different thing to stand naked before God, to be known as you truly are on the inside.”

I’ve been doing so much self-reflection and examination lately that this quote really got to me. I know my character contains so many inconsistencies. It’s easy to have a well of patience when I am talking to someone I’ve just met or someone I want to make a good impression on or even my friends, but I know I don’t give my parents that same well… I revert to an automated attitude of annoyance and impatience. The same goes for serving. I easily serve my friends, my campers and co-workers, even my extended family, but it is not always my first instinct or desire to serve my parents.

In reflecting on all these things, I pictured myself standing naked before God. A lone spotlight shines on me- the only light in a deeply dark room. I am ashamed, cold and afraid of judgment. Many, many lashes are striped across my flesh representing all the darkness within me that no one sees: selfishness, egotism, pride, anger, shutting people out, cruelty, evil thoughts, lust, pessimism, malice, greed. Though the lashes are fresh, I don’t feel any pain. My sin mars me but I am numb to it.

It feels worse than being ridiculed by a crowd because at least their remarks tell you exactly how they feel, but you don’t know how angry or ashamed or sad God is. You don’t know how it feels. You just know how overcome you are with negative emotions.

Then Jesus is there, stepping out of the darkness and covering you with a thick black cloak, almost like the blankets draped over people just pulled from a burning building.

He has covered your shame. He has given you warmth. He has remedied the vulnerability.

But it doesn’t stop there. He removes the cloak from you and as your hands shoot out reflexively to cover yourself up, you realize you are fully clothed again and you notice your lashes are gone. There are no scars to remind you of the once numerous wounds, there is no trace that you were ever touched.

And you look back at Jesus and see He has put the cloak around himself and as you realize what’s happening you put your hand up and yell “No! Stop!” but the cloak drops and your cry is too late. Jesus stands there naked, covered in your scars.

He turns to you and gives you a look as warm as a summer day. He softly says, “Because I love you, my child.” And you just know it’s the truest thing you’ve ever heard.

3. So that’s where I am-- knowing I need so much more growth, but aware of the healing power that comes from our Savior. Please pray for me this week if you get a chance. I always feel myself going in and out of a steady walk with Christ.

4. I love you guys. Please let me know what’s going on with you and if you need any prayer.

That’s all for this week.

Thanks for reading.

lovelovelove,

Jeanette

monday updates: Week 5

Monday, July 13, 2009 – Week 5

…Of the Weeks:

Song: “Do-Re-Mi” –The Sound of Music

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0

Verses: Psalm 116:1-7

Hello lovelies!!

Happy Monday!

Hope your weekend was restful and that you enjoyed all the beautiful weather!!

It has been a good week of renewal and rejuvenation for me.

God has definitely answered some prayers and has shown me that some of my struggles haven’t been in vain.

Take time to really listen to what God has in store for you this week.

Here we go:

1. Prayer

2. Prayer request- Jessica Eubanks (Jack-Jack)

3. Speaker

4. What is love?

5. me

6. you

1. I would really like us to spend this week praying for how God wants us to shape this week. We need to keep surrendering our plans to His will to make sure we are going in the right direction. Pray that God would give us a deeper understanding of what He wants us to say to the students.

2. Here’s Jack-Jack’s prayer request:

May I ask for prayer for my grandparents? My grandmother was in the hospital early last week with severe chest pains. She was released, then my grandfather had a accident on the farm...he went to check water levels (they were flood conditions) in the woods and slipped and fell onto the concrete spillway. God's grace was over him, the docs said there is no logical reason he should be alive. He was laying in standing water but the place he had fallen was shallow- stopping at his ears and not reaching his air passageways. Praise God for that! However, he did fracture 3 vertebrae and his spinal chord is swollen causing paralysis on his right side. He has made it through 2 surgeries- he has a plate that will fuse his neck with his body and he has what they call a halo- a big metal thing that is screwed into his skull keeping his head in place. He may possibly never be able to move his neck again...... But...I believe He can in the name of Jesus! I believe in a God that is greater than physical injuries and old age. I believe in a God that has no limits!

3. Do you guys have any suggestions of a professor/administrator on campus that you would like to hear share about Loving God?

4. So God has really given me a lot to think about in the area of love as an action. I was reading I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Josh Harris this week (a great book to challenge your view of purity and love and to see it in God’s eyes…even for those who are dating right now). It’s funny because I got this book in high school but I never finished it because I just couldn’t relate to the content. God happened to bring the book back to my attention this week through a friend and I haven’t been able put it down! I love the way God works like that…it definitely shows how His timing is always unexpected, yet is always the best remedy for us. Anyway, there was a passage from the book that I’d like to share with you.

When dating we represent God’s love, not only to the other person in the relationship, but also to the people watching us. As Christians, we need to remember that God’s perfect love is not only for our benefit. A model wears clothing to attract attention to the designer’s creativity. The model displays the designer’s work, but the designer’s reputation is on the line, not the model’s. In the same way, as Christians, we model God’s love whether or not we realize it. People watch us, and what they see affects God’s reputation for loving His creation.

Even if you’re not in a relationship, the way you love those around you is crucial to your witness to others. God showed this to me in the way I treated some of the kids at the day camp where I work. There are these two sisters in this camp that stir up so much trouble. They love to gossip and create drama all the time, pulling the other girls in-- and they’re only in elementary school! All the counselors have a tired, annoyed attitude towards these girls because it’s feels like we’re always asking, “What did they do now?” Well, these girls are being moved to another day camp in the park district and when they were picked up on Friday, some of the kids started cheering and yelling some mean farewells. As I scolded the kids and told them to keep quiet, I realized my attitude towards these girls was just as bad. Sure I wasn’t as vocal about my dislike for them, but I know I have talked about them behind their backs with the other counselors, I have been less willing to play with them than the other kids and I know there were times when I was just plain mean back to them.

But they are God’s children just as much as the most well-behaved child, or even me. Needless to say, I felt convicted about my actions towards them. I wish I could go back and change the way I loved them, but honestly, they were SO hard to love! Yet God asks us to do the difficult, nonetheless, because He has always loved us even when we have betrayed Him and ignored Him and saddened Him. And we do it all the time.

So, loving unconditionally is truly a harrowing task, but we weren’t meant to do it alone. Ask God for help because He is the one who “designed” the concept and we are challenged as Christians to “model” it well.

5. So God has really blessed me so much this week. I pray that I will be able to give it back to Him with praise this week and in prayer over Love Revolution. I need to up the ante in how I bathe this event in prayer because I really have been slacking since I left school. So that’s what I’m going to try to do this next week.

6. I ask that you do the same-really pray for Love Revolution this week. Ask God to inspire you with ideas or just give you a heart and passion for the ministry. Ask Him to show you how to live out the revolution of love in your life. And never forget that He is always there to help you and that He wants you to go to Him.

Oh, and if you have time to email me back, please let me know how you are doing and how I can pray for you. J

That is all for this week.

Thanks for reading!

Have a good one!

lovelovelove,

Jeanette