This weekend was simply amazing. I voiced my concerns in my last post, then I told you that I realized how off point I had been. I was there for the kids. It wasn't about me feeling comfortable, it was about me being uncomfortable so that the girls I was leading could be ok with uncomfortable. The first session we had with the speaker, Mike, he said something that stuck with me all weekend. He called all of the leaders to the front and had us kneel down at the alter. He then asked if anyone felt called, to come and lay hands on us and pray over us. Then he went into his lesson on Zacchaeus. His lesson was about Risk... "Going out on a limb" in order to encounter Jesus. He brought up the fact that he had the leaders come to the front and kneel at the alter and he said "your leaders are here this weekend, not because they are perfect. Quite the opposite. Your leaders are here because they realize that they are the most heinous of sinners. And they aren't ashamed to admit that they need Jesus. And leaders, you came here and you knelt down and you prayed because you know that if you aren't comfortable falling flat on your face before the cross, no one else around you will be either."
This weekend, the presence of God was unmistakable. God did work in the lives of my girls and in the lives of the other students. I met some amazing people, students and leaders a like, and I am so excited to see what God does with the relationships that have been built over the last 3 days. God is so good.
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