amazing

This week at school is Spirit Explosion week and my goodness has the Spirit ever exploded! Lives have been changed, hearts broken for Christ, hands lifted high, a beautiful melody of voices has been lifted up to the King of all Kings this week. Tuesday is a day I will never forget. The speaker spoke on the story of Jesus and the disciples in the boat on the lake. The disciples doubted Jesus but when they trusted in Him, their nets were filled over and over again. The speaker talked of how the same can happen to us if we only trust in God and allow Him to fill our lives just as He filled his disciple's nets. The speaker then said three words, he said "I dare you". He said "I dare you that if you feel something in your heart right now that you have never felt before, I dare you to stand up". The speaker looked around and dared us all again and in this beautiful moment, people started to stand. One of the people who stood was someone who I had been praying for. This guy stood up and his girlfriend who was sitting next to me started to sob in happiness. The people who had stood came forward and this guy hit his knees in prayer. What kind of being can break hearts like this? Today, I looked around me during worship and I saw the faces of all of my classmates and friends turned towards heaven singing and praising God with their whole hearts. The tough football player who has always been too tough to worship. The boy who just didn't care. The girl who for the first time focused her whole attention on Christ. Another boy who stood on the front row the day after giving his life to Christ and just sang for the new life he had found. The special special friend who stood to my left and wept for the miracles God has done this week. The boy who stood behind me and sang so loudly and with so much passion that it made me sing louder and louder in an effort to match his joy. I love these people. I love these guys and these girls. My heart feels as if it could burst from the thankfulness and awe that fills me right now. This week, I have danced with these people, sang with them, prayed with them and for them. I've cried for them and I have found an amazing love for them. I have also rediscovered God's love for me. As I cried for my friend who gave his life to Christ, I realized that these tears were as much for my heart as they were for my friend's. I have been calling myself a Christian but I confess that nobody would have known by the way I have been living my life this year. God broke my heart right along with many other's this week. I've felt God's love in the most amazing way and through this, He has shown me how much love I can have for my friends. I'm thankful beyond words.  I'm proud beyond measure of these people who have fought so much to just sing to God this week. I love them more than I could ever say. Most of all, I love my Lord, my Savior, the Breaker and Redeemer of hearts, the Love of My Life, Jesus more than I can ever say. This week has been flawless and beautiful, I wouldn't trade it for anything.