Today's post will unfortunately not contain any photos. Right after I left the house, I realized I had left my memory card and didn't have the time to go back and get it. However, sometimes when my camera malfunctions so that I can't take a photo, or I do something silly like leave my memory card at home, I take it as almost like a sign, that moments like those are God ordained. I can't really explain it, but it's like those moments are just for me. Rather than have the images imprinted on a memory card, he wants that specific time imprinted on my heart. So for today, I am okay with not having any photos.
The best part about today was going to the sectional Hyphen event here on Oahu. Hyphen is a group for the inbetween ages so to speak. There is a gap in the church, and a forgotten generation, hyphen serves to bridge that gap and aide this age group durring this transitional period in our lives. I got to meet a lot of great young people from the different churches here like, Monica, Josh, and Bryant. I also had the opportunity to see, Jhona, Excel, Tony, Ryan, and Noelani again. It's been a blessing to be around other people who believe the same things I do. I wasn't sure what to expect going into the event but in all honesty there is so much that I have taken away from it.
Sis. Juddie Wasson, the pastors wife at Abundent Life Church, spoke on relationships. She had some incredible things to say and really make me change my views on a lot of things. I think instead of seeing things from the point of view as a young person, I'm now seeing it from an 18 year old's young adult perspective. Here are some of the notes I took.
-So much of Relationships is making right choices.
-You don't have to wait for someone else to be complete.
-When you see yourself as less than someone else, as little, or unnatractive, you gravitate people who feel the same way about themseleves.
-When you feel incomplete, you gravitate people who are incomplete.
-Before you can be with someone else you have to be complete in God and see yourself as he sees you.
-If you try to take your personal journey with someone else they will ALWAYS pull you off track.
-There is power in the what we speak.
-You should always be growing in your relationship with God.
-You should always be growing acedemically, in your learning.
-You should always be growing spiritually.
-You should always be growing physically. Getting older means learning to care for your body.
-Usually, when you say you can't hear God's voice it is because you are in rebellion. You don't want to hear the answer He has, or the word He has.
-We have to go into prayer in all honesty saying, "I'll do it your way God."
-Too often in relationships we are longing for a feeling when it is a choice.
-The factors that should influence your decision in your relationships are, character, personality, and your calling.
-And disobedience that goes too long is sin.
-The alter is just the beginning.
-There is a danger and not cleaning up the rubble after the walls have been broken down.
-You should always pray after you learn new things. It applies it to your heart and soul.
I think the biggest thing I took away from Sis. Juddie's lesson was the concept of being complete in God. We really have to know God, and be secure in our walk with him, secure in our identity in him, and then he will give us someone who can walk with us. We are all called to a personal jouney with God that we must take alone before he gives us our companion. I am ready and more than excited to see where this journey will take me. I want to be complete and whole in God, and absolutely nothing matters more.
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