"I thought that the day I was going to be eliminated that I would be really upset with God. But you know what, surprisingly enough I am not at all. It's definitely been a bit hard, but it's nothing that I can't lose."
//Lauren "London" Levi-Nance; ANTM Cycle 12
there are some times in church when you just have that undescribable feeling. goosebumps. when you know that the message was for you, it spoke right into your situation and it's overwhelming in the sense that you know that God is there. He is with you in whatever situation you're in. it hasn't been that way for a while, but last week when Pastor Johannes came, I experienced it again. and it was amazing.
out of nowhere, he was talking about a saxophone that he used to own and play when he was in Germany. he loved the saxophone alot but he felt that God was telling him to sacrifice it and give it up. so he obeyed, sold the saxophone and had enough money for a plane ticket to Canada and his first year tuition fees (!). while there, he joined a church and surprisingly enough, the church leaders wanted him to play at their service so he agreed and lo and behold, they wanted him to play the saxophone! and they bought him an old one that he could keep and play and everytime he wanted to preach, they told him no no, you play the saxophone because the presence of God moves when you do!
and his point was that some people in the church was going through that in their lives. they had something that they loved a lot in their lives which they needed to sacrifice. if it wasn't something that you loved with all your heart, it wouldn't be a sacrifice. and that if they trusted God to give it up to Him, he would purify it for them and he would make it work for them in their lives because His way is the best way.
if the answer is so, then let it cost me something. i don't want to give up something that costs me nothing.
"I thought that the day I was going to be eliminated that I would be really upset with God. But you know what, surprisingly enough I am not at all. It's definitely been a bit hard, but it's nothing that I can't lose."
//Lauren "London" Levi-Nance; ANTM Cycle 12
there are some times in church when you just have that undescribable feeling. goosebumps. when you know that the message was for you, it spoke right into your situation and it's overwhelming in the sense that you know that God is there. He is with you in whatever situation you're in. it hasn't been that way for a while, but last week when Pastor Johannes came, I experienced it again. and it was amazing.
out of nowhere, he was talking about a saxophone that he used to own and play when he was in Germany. he loved the saxophone alot but he felt that God was telling him to sacrifice it and give it up. so he obeyed, sold the saxophone and had enough money for a plane ticket to Canada and his first year tuition fees (!). while there, he joined a church and surprisingly enough, the church leaders wanted him to play at their service so he agreed and lo and behold, they wanted him to play the saxophone! and they bought him an old one that he could keep and play and everytime he wanted to preach, they told him no no, you play the saxophone because the presence of God moves when you do!
and his point was that some people in the church was going through that in their lives. they had something that they loved a lot in their lives which they needed to sacrifice. if it wasn't something that you loved with all your heart, it wouldn't be a sacrifice. and that if they trusted God to give it up to Him, he would purify it for them and he would make it work for them in their lives because His way is the best way.
if the answer is so, then let it cost me something. i don't want to give up something that costs me nothing.
