Two Thousand + Nine

In 2009:::

• My relationships with my brothers and sisters at Midtown grew deeper, and I started to learn what it really looks like to fight for one another, serve one another, and love one another.
• Jesus revealed sin in my life that I didn’t even realize was a problem.
• I came face to face with the realization that I struggled with a disorder.  A really scary one.  That I am still working through, daily. But I have had wonderful, wonderful sisters and brothers fighting for me and with me.   Jesus has been extremely faithful.
• I learned that confession is not easy, but it must be done.  And that even if you don’t want to confess, your pastors and closest friends will make you, (no matter how much you want to fight them).
• I was shown grace and forgiveness time after time, after time, again, and again, and again.
• I realized that running from your church family is not an option.  No really… even if I wanted to, they would never in a million years let me. (praise)
• I hurt my parents unintentionally, but they responded with grace, forgiveness, and the love of Christ.
• I gained multiple new sisters and brothers in Christ, whom I think the world of, and can’t imagine how I lived life without them.
• I was given the opportunity to serve our family through singing.
• I have a newfound love for photography.
• I’ve written music.
• I moved in with amazing girls.   amazing. amazing. amazing. I’m blessed to be able to live with them.
• I became a lifegroup leader! Woo!
• Sin brings death, period. You don’t get to sin in isolation. Your sin does not only affect you, it affects everyone around you.
• I learned just how sneaky, conniving, ruthless, and real Satan is.  He will never stop attacking, he will never stop looking for ways to make us stumble.  But there’s hope.  In the end, Jesus wins.
• My past can not touch me. He keeps no record of our sins. He doesn’t remember all our shame.  (PRAISE)
• I went to counseling.
• I got to see Jesus working in our church family, and it is b-e-a-utiful. And so SO encouraging.

Here’s praying that 2010 will be a MAJOR win.  That Jesus will be glorified, He will continue working in our hearts, molding us into His image.

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