Communication-Godliness-Mist

Last week was one of the worst weeks of my Christian life of 2.5 years. My communication was off with Lisa, God, and most of the people who help me (disciplers) due to my disgusting pride. I didnt want to talk about it, i wanted to hide it, and I ended up jumping to conclusions in the worse possible way. But then Saturday came. At 1 PM Joshua Greenfield was BAPTIZED. We had car trouble and he gave us a ride home, to which we arrived at 2 PM. Then we woke up at 9:30 to have a phenomenal household quiet time reading Acts 5-10 and learning about the epic adventures of the first century church. Persecution was peaking and growth in the church was at its apex because of the fiery faith and bold lifestyle of the disciples. It makes me want to go crazy and get radical for the kingdom of God. Then we prayed for 30 minutes and then had a great D-Time with Jeremy Melcher-Post, one of the coolest guys in the campus ministry. He is so wise and knows his bible and how to help people in need and challenge properly. He was an integral part in Josh's baptism and I really appreciate him a lot even though I rarely express it. Next I got to chill with THE one and only Russel Kirkpatrick. He made me lunch and inspired me with his current miracles and faithful expeditions. After so much encouragement from God and my brothers, I was just absolutely pumped to be a Christian and serving God. I got to chill with my little brother briefly playing zombies and then I jumped in the car to see my WONDERFUL girlfriend. At the time I was still a little prideful and bitter about our miscommunications for the week but I had an amazing time praying to the Lord in the car for an hour on my way up. There were so many things I prayed for but I'm just extremely grateful for that time I got to do it. I love my Lord so much and I'm grateful for the amazing ways he has answered so many prayers throughout my life. Upon arrival to my girly's house, I knocked on the door and she opened it and looked like an angel. She literally looked perfect to me. There she was in a beautiful dress with lots of little flowers on it and her hair looked amazing and her nails were beautiful and her eyes and face and EVERYTHING was just perfect. Nirvana was home so I got to go in and chat with them and tell them about my amazing day and also listen to them a little bit. Lisa was sick in the morning but she miraculously got better after throwing up and taking medicine. Then we hopped in the car and drove to the dating devotional :). THe best part was LISA apologized to me, I didn't bring the issues i was struggling up at all but she apologized to me because she got really prideful when I told her she should get advice on studying the bible with her sisters...and so she's just super humble and I told her and kinda apologized for being critical of her tardiness and miscommunications as far as that whole area goes and I just really really appreciate her openness and humility because she IS amazing and its like "wherever there is a miscommunication, Satan fills in the blanks" so basically we both suck at communicating and need to OVERcommunicate. We arrived at the Shepard's house (Allan the chiropractor and his wife ___) and it was far beyond my expectations. They cooked for us, we played games, had some amazing fellowship, and then a wonderful lesson on dating! The point was honoring God with our relationship through our PURITY and COMMUNICATION. It was as if he was speaking straight to us and wow was it inspiring. I thought about things being permissible versus beneficial...i thought about how I need to brag more about our relationship and how we've been pure and unphysical for the entire time and will continue to do so until marriage (if that's God's plan :) Anyways, it was a great time and I really admire everything about the OC church, especially the group of people that were at this devotional. I need to be more humble still and ask questions and get contact information from ALL the brothers up there to set up dates and stuff...but amen for the internet cus I can still do that.
So father God I love you like crazy, I know this stuff is all due to YOU and how YOU work in my life and the ways YOU inspire me and save me and forgive me and help me to love. Please give me the strength to love you and my brothers/sisters/enemies, no matter how hard it gets. I love you like crazy, please be with church this morning and the fellowship and everything Going on in the campus ministry in SD and around the world. I need you desperately and I'm grateful for all you've done for me. Thanks Lord, Your amazing. AMEN!