Life Changing!

So, along with the pictures I will give you an update. The lectures have been amazing! The first week we had one of the local preachers talk on some theology. He is so smart and blessed with knowledge of the Lord but whenever you enter the topic of theology things can get a little confusing. But it really challenged me to look into the word of God to see what I believe and not just believe things because people tell me to. For our second week of lectures the topic was, hearing the voice of God and it was split between two different speakers. For the first two days our base director Kevin spoke but he was in a surfing accident and another surfboard sliced his leg and put a hole in his bone. On a side note he had surgery to get out four pieces of bone that were floating around and he is doing much better. With that Kevin's wife, Tiffany took over for him and she was amazing! Kevin and Tiff are both really in tune with the Lord and hear his voice quite often so what she had to share with us was incredible. I have struggled in the past because I always felt like I had only a head knowledge of God. I would always strive to be perfect for God and was constantly worried about disappointing him. I didn’t fully have a true understanding of God’s unending love and his grace for me. I would read my bible and pray and learn as much as I could because I knew that is what God wanted me to do and because that is how I would get to know him more. The thing that I learned this week though is that God doesn’t need me to read my bible and pray to him just so I can say I did it. He wants me to be in a relationship with him and get to know him more and more. And what I have come to realize is that I do have that relationship with God and everyday that I spend time in his word and talk to him through prayer I fall more and more in love with him! It is AMAZING and I love God soooo much! God spoke through Tiff and really got me to understand that I can have all the head knowledge of Him that I want but unless I am in a relationship with him and understand the love that he has for me, it is all pointless. I have a new found love in the Lord that I will take with me the rest of my life because I know that “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 Christ loves every one of us regardless of how much we read our bibles or pray, he just wants to know you and love you! God is teaching me things that are changing his and I’s relationship so much and I am growing deeper and deeper in love with him! Praise Him! But other than lectures, we are all like one big family and get along great. I hope everyone is enjoying the fall colors and leaves. May you feel the love of The Father this day and forever. Love you all bunches