First Day of Truth School

I found my spirit again today at a bible camp called Truth School!! Praise the Lord for creating us with a spirit so that we can enjoy and contact Him! (Zech 12:1, John 4:24)

I am not...BUT THE LORD IS!

We stray away from people who seem weird or abnormal. People who do not present themselves like the average person we look away from. We skip over these kind of people to turn to those who carry themselves in a proper way. To us they seem more qualified for our attention. Are the "proper ones" only qualified? Jesus took up pretty much only impossible cases. But we search for seemingly possible cases. I say we because I also find myself stepping back almost immediately from those who seem "out there" or "crazy" to rush to someone who fits my acceptable stereotype. Lord break through our nature! EVERYONE NEEDS CHRIST! Not just the person who carries themselves in a "normal" way or who behaves generally in an acceptable way is qualified. Even those who are not like you, who are different from you are qualified. If you are a sinner...you're qualified. If you are a human being...you are a sinner....guess what? YOU'RE QUALIFIED. Qualified for Christ. Qualified to be shepherded, labored on, brought into the church life, whatever! i am sooo burdened for this. I want to take up those impossible cases. I want to strongly go after those who are not like me. Who seem "out there". I want to go after those who I naturally stray away from. But I AM NOT capable of doing this. BUT THE LORD IS. Lord break through my nature and express Yourself. You are not bias or stereotypical. You have a heart for ALL MEN. "Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4)

We say CHRIST, Christ says THE CHURCH!

It seems like the more I love the Lord, the more I love the church. Two years ago, I had no vision of the body of Christ. My vision was just Christ, Christ! Now its Christ and the church! I feel like the more I go on with the Lord, the more He instills me with His heart for the church. I feel like David now "One thing I have asked from Jehovah; that do I seek: To dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in His temple." (Psalms 27:4) I just want to dwell in the house of Jehovah (the church) ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE!!! It is here that we behold the beauty of the Lord. Wow, let me tell you...there is truly no where else that I could POSSIBLY be.