Disclaimer: I write the best when I am upset, or in deep thought. If you feel like at any point in this post I am talking bad about you or anything like in this post, I can honestly say that was not my intention. And if you know me, you know if I wanted to speak ill of someone I would own up to it.
Well this last weekend myself and 5 other people went to lead a “Youth Revival” at a church in Rockport KY. I have to admit that going there was not really what any of us really wanted to do. Most of us were really confused and thought a million different things instead of what we were actually supposed to be doing there. This brought about some very negative attitudes going into the weekend. Myself and the three other guys got there in the early afternoon on Friday and found out that just the 4 of us would be going to knock on every door in the town to invite them to the church for that’s nights service. Not any of the church members, just us. That kind of sucked and made us think negatively of the church early. So when the girls showed up we were all soaking wet of sweat because it was 103 degrees outside that day. The girls had it easy because they got to miss what was probably the hardest part of the weekend. I am sure they will disagree but oh well.
After the first service that nights our hearts began to change and be less negative about the weekend. We started to see just how much this church needed revival. The group began to work together at least the best we can. What happens when you bring a bunch of strong leaders together in one place? Lots of madness and when you have someone like me who is super laid back and does not worry about things it can be hard for me to deal well with people that do worry about everything. So I began to avoid people like that like the plague . Also on a side note by the end of the first day Adam and I were in a really bad situation with the people we were staying with. The girls did not understand why we did not stay the second night because we did not explain everything but I think they should know we wouldn’t just not stay just for the heck of it. And the people we told everything to told us to not stay there and I trusted their opinions.
The second day came and I would like to call day two “Adams Day” because he planned everything in it. He did the backyard bible club pretty much by himself, myself and the others just followed his lead. That night he preached the message which was awesome and even had the pastor in tears. The only thing we really did was lead worship and hang out. Was a really good day and the only part that was bad was before Adam, ryan and myself decided to drive back to BG for the night, people were worried about the interp for the morning, but it takes a little faith to understand that this weekend was never about us and God was in control .
The third and final day was probably the most stressful of all. By that point stress had sunk in so much that it began to make us in essence lose sight of why we were there. I look at stress as a horrible sin that can consume the soul so much that it takes away from giving God glory and comes down to us as people worrying about us and what we get for doing something. Well back to the day, I am as I said earlier an easy going person and do not handle people well that are not the same(yes I need to work on it), so I try to avoid all things that might make me not be easy going. Even if that means being short with people so that I do not get consumed in things. Yes that’s bad but I am being honest, so just judge away.
Well the final day went well and we all knew it was time for us to separate and to be as far from each other as possible. It was a good experience and the church really needed it and I think most of us left thankful for the time we had there. It showed that even though we are not happy sometimes about doing things for God that in the end we are glad God was able to use us. But if we are still bitter after it is all said and done then we need to check our hearts because there may be a deeper issue there.
I have heard at the end of the weekend that I was the most negative one there, which is laughable to me but it is all good. I would disagree but it is all good, I was leading worship which means I made sure the flow and everything went well during the service. So who knows, I wasn’t the point person and was never told over the weekend that I was being negative. But oh well, I think God received the glory even though I think he deserved a lot more. If you made it this far congrats and it has been to long since I have blogged.
As Always,
Love You All
Brent
