In mid-September our team went through training for 2 and 1/2 weeks and it was just amazing. God taught me so much through seminars, activities, and times of prayer.
The main lesson I learned is how there’s nothing I can do to earn God’s favor. I’ve known since I was 6 that because of the sin in my life I was disconnected from God and that the only way I’ve been reconnected was by accepting Christ’s death and resurrection as payment for what I deserved. Somehow along the way though, I started believing that for Him to be pleased with me I had to be perfect. Now I’m getting it that I can’t measure up. I can’t be perfect. I’m far from it and that God loves me in spite of my imperfection! If I were to never do one thing right again, He’d love me the same. I’m amazed and still trying to grasp that. Life’s about knowing Him, loving Him and loving others. I like it. I like it a lot.
With this new revelation, I’ve been more excited to read my Bible, think, and pray. For awhile that stuff had become more of a chore than a delight. Yay God for doing a new work in me!
I’ll be writing more about stuff I’ve learned from training.
