Walking Mosquito Bite

I'm still not exactly sure what happened, but between three and five o'clock on Tuesday, I noticed that I was itching a lot all over my body. As far as I knew, I hadn't done anything out of the ordinary like walking through the woods or eaten something that I had never had before. So I went and checked it out and there were what looked like mosquito bites all over my body. Well I didn't sit in a pile of fire ants like I had when I was a kid visiting my grandma in Lousiana. I could't remember getting biten or stung by anything recently. A fly had landed on me but I highly doubt that is what caused it. So I went home, bathed in some anti-itch ointment, hung out with Aaron for a bit, and went to bed. When I woke up in the morning, it had moved to my feet! Talk about agony! AND I had to work at Taco Bell that day. After work, I went home as fast as I could and lathered up in some more stuff, relaxed a little to let it soak in, went to church and then went back to Aaron's. But by the time I got home, it was twice as worse as the day before. Huge welts all over my back and arms, and it even started spreading to my FACE. So, once again, I did what I do best, and laid down in bed. But this time before trying to fall asleep, I remembered to say my prayers; "Oh dear Jesus, MAKE IT STOP!" Well, I must say, God is faithful because I went the whole next day without a single itch.

What's Going On?

It’s interesting to see all the things God is doing in the lives of His people, especially in the last month or so. There has been so much going on that we can only believe that God is taking us to the next level as His church. It is very hard to explain the feeling that comes with it, because it is a feeling that neither I nor other people have felt before. I don’t know what He is preparing us for, but I do know this; I will not allow myself to miss out on this opportunity to grow closer to Him. I will do everything I can to get as close as I can to Him and, in doing so, be prepared for what is to come. Maybe that’s all He wants, is for us to get closer to Him. I’m good with that. But we cant just sit on our hands. Let's run with it.

Here Goes Nothing

Something that someone told me a couple of weeks ago got me thinking a little bit. After a short conversation with this woman, she told me God wanted her to tell me something. She told me that “the generational curse has been broken,” and that I don’t have to live in it anymore. I never doubted that God really wanted her to say that, but honestly I had NO idea what she was talking about. But it got me thinking, and I love to think. So I thought about it, and prayed about it, (well, more thought about it during prayer). Until one day, I had a talk with Pastor Fred about whether I will be doing a third year of EMC or not. One thing that we talked about was my inability to communicate with other people. But what I knew was that if I were to do a third year, it would help me develop my communication skills. So I decided that I would go ahead and do it. It wasn’t until after I walked away that I realized my problem talking was exactly the generational curse that was to be broken. You see, while I was growing up, I didn’t have very many people who were interested in talking to me or getting to know me. So I never had anybody to talk to, to express my feelings to. This is why it is so hard for me to open up with other people, tell people what my strengths and weaknesses are, or what I like to do in my spare time. These are things that I never had to think about until I started doing EMC. It really is the perfect explanation to why I am the way that I am. But all that will be changing. As I continue on with EMC, God is going to be transforming my whole way of thinking. He is going to make me into somebody I have only dreamed of becoming. I truly believe that this is going to be one the most influential years of my entire life.