Compassion…

God’s been teaching me some cool stuff lately, mostly through the PDYM book. I’ve had this phrase stuck in my head all day…

“I want them to live their lives with eyes that are searching and hearts that are beating with compassion for their lost friends.”

I read that and I just thought, is that me? And I know that it isn’t really, because if I really, truly grasped the reality of heaven and hell, I would be out there with my mates as much as I could be, telling them about Jesus.

Thought I’d leave you with a question, answers would be nice!…

Whats God been saying to you lately?

YouthBank…

So today I had the privilage of being involved in what I guess was my first role as CU president (yea… i got made CU president for the year 05/06, how cool is that!). Helen and myself (last years president) had an interview with 2 guys from the Ballymena YouthBank to see if we could get some money for CU from them. We were actually pretty nervous before it, just not sure what to expect or whatever, but it went well I think… we just talked about stuff we hope to do, like girls night/guys night/band night…

Girls night…
We already had a trial run at this event… Just did lots of random girly things, like hair and make-up demos, facials, manicures, dance mats, chick flick… was class, we had about 80 people there, including people who wouldnt normally darken the doorways of Thursday CU meetings.

Guys night…
Actually ended up being an afternoon. The guys hired the Astroturf pitch and organised a football tournament, and awarded a trophy. Think we got about 50 guys along to that.

Band night…
This is kinda a development from our TNTs… having a band to lead us in praise, and then a speaker. To be honest, I’m kinda questioning the purpose of this event. It started off as for non-Christians, but we dont really get many along to it, so i’m thinking possibly make it more for Christians, as a chance to worship together, and really pray for our school and our friends.

So yea, the interview went pretty well, should find out within a few weeks if we get a grant… keep praying!

(Oh, thats Ballymena Academy Christian Union, for anyone who doesnt know me! Lol.)

Sunset

Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I love sunsets. Took this outside my house one night. Beautiful.

what a wonderful day…

Been pretty sick all day so that’s been fun! Not! Back to school again, was not nice to get up so early again- maybe thats what brought on the headache? Who knows.

It’s just dawned on me today that my AS’s are in less than 3 weeks time- i feel like i should really be worried about that, or at least be worried enough to start revising! I have two maths modules on the same morning to kick off exam season in style!

I think I verge between over-confident, and not confident enough. A good friend of mine commented on Saturday how I never say i’m good at something (maybe not confident enough?), but when it comes to exams I think i’m a little over-confident! Yes, I do well in them (usually), but I know if I just put in even a little more work I could easily come out with even better results. AS is so different to GCSE, really think I must go do some work…

So Here It Is…

Well, Ally, I finally got around to getting my very own blog… so here it is! How exciting, my first post.

Have had a fairly uneventful day today, was at work most of the day, but it was nice to have some time to lie in and just chill around the house for a change- no rush for school!

I have just finished reading Purpose Driven Youth Ministry this afternoon (another benefit of lazy days with no school etc) – great book. It has filled me with lots of new ideas and strategies for CU in the next year, far too many to list them all now but i will fill you in as i begin to make sense of them all. For now, heres what im thinking…

‘When you understand why your ministry exists, you will want to more carefully focus your time.’

‘If you are a leader who lives out the purposes, you will pull people instead of push them.’

‘Don’t allow doing the work of God to come at the expense of being God’s person.’

‘In all of your communication, express your heart; we want to see students grow spiritually.’

I guess what im saying is that im being reminded of how important it is for me to spend quality time with God. The more i see of Him, the more others will see of Him in me.