Pursuit

I had a wonderful weekend. The New Beginnings youth group was absolutely amazing. It was a nice break from the world- even a nice break from my youth group. Though I love them so dearly, sometimes its nice to see what God is doing outside of where I come from. Our small group went to a beach house in Surfside, and we had a lot of time to just hang out and get to know each other. Some things that I took from the weekend play over and over in my head. One of which was when we did communion together.

It wasn't normal communion. Someone prayed over our time, then we each were handed a piece of bread and told to share it with two other people. After we bread-swapped, we were told to share something that you think is beautiful about Jesus. I split my bread into three pieces and looked around for someone to share it with. I came cross Kalum's wife, Ashley. I shared about how I thought Jesus is so funny, that he can make me smile and burst out laughing in the midst of crying, suffering, and pain. Ashley shared about vulnerability. She likes the way anyone can go to Jesus however they are- weak, wounded, prideful, bored, uninterested, passionate, hurting. He'll take them for what they are and completely change them from the inside out. I shared my bread with another friend, and we did the same thing over the cup, but we didn't sip the grape juice out of each other's sire foam cups. It was a good way to share with each other in community over one purpose- to glorify our Savior. Thank you, God, for New Beginnings, and thank you God for knowing me so intimately.