Attainable Worship

Another corporate fasting day; I love these days. It’s so amazing to see hundreds of people fasting in unison to better the kingdom of God. The day is full of prayer and worship. I especially love “lunch” hour; we head to the auditorium and worship and pray as one. An hour fully devoted to seeking God’s call; it’s life changing.

You can learn so much from these precious hours of worshiping the Lord; especially having no food. I had never fasted before I came to the Honor Academy, but I would recommend it to everyone. It’s an amazing experience to be one-on-one with the Lord and seeking him full heartedly.

As always, I love the worship music within this hour; our bands are definitely gifted. But that’s not what amazes me; what amazes me is how people can come so close to the Lord and be engulfed by him that they don’t care what others might think around them, they just want to worship him. I desire that, I desire that personal connection with Christ; to stand in his presence and worship him fully, no holding back.

There’s a girl I envy a little; she has such an amazing relationship with Christ, that when she enters into his presence she’s so over joyed that she bursts into laughter. She will be worshipping the Lord fully and she will just begin to laugh. It’s such an awesome sight to see.

Within this special hour of worship fasting, there are so many people worshiping the Lord and lost in his presence that it blows me away of how powerful Christ really is. No one cares if people are watching, no one cares if their dance distracts others, no one cares if their singing is off tone – no one has fear of man! All they want to do is worship their Lord.

It’s breath taking.

Creativeness

Have you ever noticed that so many people can be classified with a certain “characteristic” but be completely different then everyone else that’s labeled with that? There are so many characteristics of people: artsy, athletic, romantic, comedic, thrill-seeking, determined, goal oriented, etc.; the list can go on and on. But have you noticed that each person who has this characteristic, skill or talent doesn’t match another?

I know that might be an odd thing to observe, but I’ve noticed that a lot since being here at the HA. There are so many people with the same characteristic/skill/talent but they are completely different then the next person. There might be two people enthralled with music; it’s their life, their talent, their gift, but in no way are they the same. One can sing higher then the other, play the drums faster, play the guitar better, etc.; in no way are their skills/talents the same – isn’t that amazing!

Think about it: there are how many people in the world; and each and every single one is different, not one is the same. Let’s not even talk about skills at the moment, but not one person looks exactly the same – even twins don’t have everything identical. Not one person has the same complexion

Imagine how much time, energy, and thought went into creating every single person.

Phone a Friend?

Since the training session for TheHopeLine over a month ago, today was the first time I had actually gone to help. There was a rather big group of first timers, they gathered us all into a group and separated us into pairs. We were given a computer and set to the task of watching videos; fun no? We sat there for about an hour and half watching video, after video, after video. We watched how TheHopeline works, how to use the phones and the chats, how to answer phone calls and tons of other little important information.

It’s so cool to have the privilege to be a part of such an amazing organization. I know how important it is to just have someone to talk to; to get built up emotions out or to get someone’s opinion. I can’t wait to start answering chats and calls!

That will have to wait for a bit however, I still need to shadow and once I shadow then I’m out on my own.

Scary isn’t it to think of me giving people advice and leading them to Christ.