I sit here finally home after what seemed like weeks at training camp. Having the comfort of my own home and virtually anything I could want in front of me. I can so easily lose the mindset that I was so happy that I achieved. While at training camp anything and everything was reliant on God. It was great! I loved seeing the different ways that God presented himself to not just me but my team through the last week. Sometimes we see God more then other times. This is the story of one of those times. It all started as several of my squad members and myself had met before the beginning of training camp. One of us recieved a message from an alumni simply saying "BRING SNACKS" Being that I am typically a big eater these words rang deep into my heart. So we end up going to a small sketchy store with knock off brands of everything. I LOVED it!! After walking around grabbing random items that i thought looked good I stopped in front of a jar of peanuts. Now I enjoy peanuts they're good. However i dont think I've ever purchased a jar of peanuts. I said to myself "eh oh well, it looks like a good snack" so I grabbed it. When we were first talking about snacks I said something about the peanuts to a teammate, to which he promptly asked for a handful. I quickly grabbed it opened it and dumped a handful into his hands then capped it and stuffed it into my pack. To which I forgot about until about the third day. I was laying on my sleeping pad in the middle of a big room with the rest of my team around, someone came up and asked for a snack, I didnt feel like getting up so i just pointed to my pack and said "yeah just grab what ever you want" while they were elbow deep in my pack looking for the perfect snack I suddenly remembered the peanuts. So I had them toss me the jar of peanuts and i layed on my back looking at the roof just snacking on the peanuts. As different people saw the peanuts they'd come up and ask for some to which i would just point at the jar and let them take as much as they wanted. I drifted to sleep only to be awoke by a teammate saying that it was time to go. So I reach down grab a handful pop it in my mouth. I sat up grabbed the lid and then picked up the jar…. After i picked up the jar I was in need of someone to pick up my jaw. i slowly tighten the lid of the jar in awe. The jar of peanuts was full. Completely full, like i just took the cap off. I didn't really have time to sit and think about it as we were running a bit late. So i grabbed the nearest friend and recounted the story. My logical mind was clinging onto the hope that one of my teammates was playing some kind of a prank, at least something that my mind could grasp. To which she said that she noticed the same thing. I was in shock, complete and utter shock. I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I started telling everyone. So what happened the next time we were back by the peanuts? People were coming in waves asking for some peanuts, to which I always dumped a good handful. I wasn't paying attention to the peanuts just giving them out and snacking away. Then just like the first time someone says that we need to get going. So i grab the cap this being the first time i actually looked at the level of peanuts since getting back and well we needed to call a forklift to come pick my jaw up. The peanuts were only about two inches from the top of the jar. The jar ended up lasting the whole week.
Every once in a while I feel weak, I feel vulnerable. When this happens I will usuallly ask God for a sign. I say "show me your power God. Give me a sign showing me why you are the name above all names" On a normal day I have to dig deep into God to see his power. Which is all kinds of wrong, because Gods power is every where I look. However this time, this time is so different. I was praying asking God for a sign of his power, asking him to show me in an unmistakable way his power, something my logic based mind could not comprehend. What does he do? He gives me X Squad and the Holy jar of peanuts.
