my truth
Tonight was a bittersweet evening.
Danny Joe, one of the pastors at living hope [[my church]], is going to be starting a church in AFRICA. Now, yes. Part of me is happy. this is very exciting. Because God has put it on his heart to go there and I am quite confident in the fact that an incredible amount of people's lives will be changed drastically. So many people will encounter Christ from the impact of the people going there. And that is spectacular. When God tells you to go, you Go. But there is part of me that is very sad.
It's hard to explain.
I have changed so much in regards to my faith in the last year and a lot of it has a great deal to do with Danny and his influence. He was the one who did the talk that drew to be baptizied, he was the one who baptizied me, he was there to listen to me cry about my absentee father growing up and really care, he was there to tell others about my sistuation simply because it was on his heart, he was there to help me grow just by being an authentic encouraging person to be near. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I would not be who I am right now or where I am in my faith if not for the way God has taught me through him.
I am extremely sad to see him go
I cried a lot tonight. Mixed between sad and happy tears. It's so hard to explain to somehow how much they have truly done in your life. Espicially when they are moving half away across the world.
But for some odd reason...this helped me see something..
I always talk about how I want to change the world. Telling someone about Jesus and seeing their eyes light up when it finally clicks, has been one of the most outstanding feelings I have ever expierenced. Danny changed a lot of lives. In some ways, you can say changed the world. Why cant I be the one to do that, here? All I want is to serve God. I just want to do his will. To go to heaven one day and have him say "I am proud of you." I am his daughter and he loves me, and I want to be able to pour that love onto other people. Having Danny leave makes something in me burn to make an even bigger difference where I am, because he wont be here to do it. So what about all those people he may have touched? Who will reach them now?
I WANT TO.
I am telling you all right now- that this is what I want to do with my life. I want to reach people for Christ. [[Yes I want to paint. Yes I want to sing.]] But I just want people to know who God is and the amazing love he has to offer. That's it. Because it's all that matters.
Loving God and Loving People
So that is what I am going to do. I am going to Love God. And I am going to love people. With everything I have inside of me. All because of the impact of people like Danny Joe who have helped to completely change my viewpoint on life and in turn let me help others.
Here's the truth my friends::
[[Take it for what it is worth]]
I. Shannon Rae Galford. am going to change the world with the love of Jesus.
[[Because it is truly the only thing worth living for.]]
Danny Joe, one of the pastors at living hope [[my church]], is going to be starting a church in AFRICA. Now, yes. Part of me is happy. this is very exciting. Because God has put it on his heart to go there and I am quite confident in the fact that an incredible amount of people's lives will be changed drastically. So many people will encounter Christ from the impact of the people going there. And that is spectacular. When God tells you to go, you Go. But there is part of me that is very sad.
It's hard to explain.
I have changed so much in regards to my faith in the last year and a lot of it has a great deal to do with Danny and his influence. He was the one who did the talk that drew to be baptizied, he was the one who baptizied me, he was there to listen to me cry about my absentee father growing up and really care, he was there to tell others about my sistuation simply because it was on his heart, he was there to help me grow just by being an authentic encouraging person to be near. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I would not be who I am right now or where I am in my faith if not for the way God has taught me through him.
I am extremely sad to see him go
I cried a lot tonight. Mixed between sad and happy tears. It's so hard to explain to somehow how much they have truly done in your life. Espicially when they are moving half away across the world.
But for some odd reason...this helped me see something..
I always talk about how I want to change the world. Telling someone about Jesus and seeing their eyes light up when it finally clicks, has been one of the most outstanding feelings I have ever expierenced. Danny changed a lot of lives. In some ways, you can say changed the world. Why cant I be the one to do that, here? All I want is to serve God. I just want to do his will. To go to heaven one day and have him say "I am proud of you." I am his daughter and he loves me, and I want to be able to pour that love onto other people. Having Danny leave makes something in me burn to make an even bigger difference where I am, because he wont be here to do it. So what about all those people he may have touched? Who will reach them now?
I WANT TO.
I am telling you all right now- that this is what I want to do with my life. I want to reach people for Christ. [[Yes I want to paint. Yes I want to sing.]] But I just want people to know who God is and the amazing love he has to offer. That's it. Because it's all that matters.
Loving God and Loving People
So that is what I am going to do. I am going to Love God. And I am going to love people. With everything I have inside of me. All because of the impact of people like Danny Joe who have helped to completely change my viewpoint on life and in turn let me help others.
Here's the truth my friends::
[[Take it for what it is worth]]
I. Shannon Rae Galford. am going to change the world with the love of Jesus.
[[Because it is truly the only thing worth living for.]]