I've just come back from The Gathering which is a yearly Christian weekend away where you get to meet other Christians and non Christians. and you get to listen to Gods word and listen to amazing bands.
This years line up included [Dweeb], 29th Chapter, The Gathering Band, Blueprint and speakers such as Glyn Barrett - from Audacious, Serious4Gods very own Mark Pugh, Richard Ellerington and Share Jesus internationals Andy Frost.
They were all fantastic! stand out moments for me were Gyln Barrett defiantly! he was such an enthusiastic teacher that you couldn't help but take notice! i went to the leader seminars where he was first teaching about ' The Man With A Plan' and that 'We Serve The Man With The Plan' and basically we always expect God in the big things but most of the time its the small things that add up to the big thing. like with his life it could have ended up a completely different way, he could have never even been born. But all the things that kept his grandfather alive and his dad being lead to Christ through a broken leg were small things and they all ended up being this huge testimony and has lead him to being the man he is now.
And this really spoke to me, as at the moment I am in a tricky situation. I am trying to decide whether or not to go to Bible college, a boot camp for my singing or staying where I am and doing some work within my church. and I just got thinking on the Sunday night when I came back all the small things in my life that have lead me to this exact moment. Really everything that I wanted to accomplish by this year i have and i just haven't seemed to notice! for example a few years ago i was watching my church's all nations day and i just sat there and thought to myself i really want to be apart of that, but am i good enough? is that what i want to do? but i knew one thing was for sure i wanted to be apart of it. and within that year i had not only joined the worship team but the youth band also. another example is that this time last year i wanted to see myself with my diploma in musical theatre and working at my church and at first with both things it didn't look like that was going to happen but I kept praying and guess what it happened.
So on the Sunday night I was praying for an answer to what my next step was and then God said to me as clear as I breath and speak 'Stay where you are, you will be used' which is mega exciting because there's so much I can accomplish here, so much potential to be reached and knowledge to be gained.
I guess what I'm saying is its good to look back at all the small things from that year that you wanted to accomplish and what God has done for you. and I just know you'll be surprised at the amount he has done for you!
Much love Rhea Aimee! x
p.s always, always trust in God and let him be in charge of your life coz that man has plan.
