Let's agree to call it an answer - somebody please read?

One of the things I've noticed about living God's plan for your life is that when it comes down to achieving it, you gotta work, haha. I mean look at the book of Job-the dude had it rough but He still praised God through all his hardships! That's some dedication.

You see, everytime I wonder what I would like to accomplish in life traveling comes up - I wanna see the world. But with all these great ideas comes a price; like how am I supposed to afford this travel, how can I incorporate God into my future lifestyle, how am I to stay connected with hometown family/friends, ect..ect..ect..

Yea, and along with that my senior year is coming up which can only mean college after that and MORE time waiting before I can "practically" move on with my life. I feel like I'm stuck and don't get out there and make an impact now, I'll never break free of this small town and share the most amazing story ever! I don't want to hide from doing what God has planned for me anymore. I want to move on throughout my life without any regrets.

                                                        

• So I decided to combine 2 blogs I had recently drafted because they sort of correlated with the same message. The few paragraphs above me are the 1st blog about random stuff I think about while the passages below me are from a draft I was making about my experiences at a youth conference.

                                                         

I don't post Bible verses on Facebook and Twitter, pray for a hurting friend, invite people to church, or even raise my hands when I sing worship songs because I think people are looking. I do it because I know in my heart that if I'm not spreading the gospel and glorifying God with every breath He gives me - I'm not living.

This past week I had the chance to go to a youth conference in Atlanta. The name of it's Forward (because we're "not going back - we're moving ahead.") There were many famous Christian bands that played - such as TobyMac, Matt Redman, Planetshakers, Israel Houghton, and The Free Chapel Band. Also there were wonderful speakers including Christine Cain, Judah Smith, Reggie Dabbs, Jentezen Franklin, and Carl Lentz.

To be frank, it was pretty much amazing.

Even though I was worshipping alongside 30,000 people I felt that God was moving in my "small" life as well as the "small" youth group I attend. The best times I had with God on this trip wasn't worshipping with the masses though; the best worship was in the quiet, small group worship. It was when me and close friends stayed up until 5 A.M. talking about nothing but what God has done in our lives.

Anyway, God has been moving in not only my life but all my friends and family's lives. He's gettin ready for something big and I think we all know what that is.

My youth pastor's wife told me on the way home from the trip that my sister I have an anointing on our lives (which everybody does, really) that even though ministry work doesn't "run" in our family, we can be the ones to start a line of ministry workers. And to be honest, I know that's what God is after - people to start ministering and spreading the gospel in ways that nobody around them has seen before.

So there you go, call it the answer to my problems? I like to travel, worship, and apparently I have an anointing for ministry-I say mission work :]

• "Jesus came and told his disciples, 'I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'" - Matthew 28:18-20.