Once upon a time, a group of World Racers were sitting down at the dinner table when their squad leader made an announcement.
“Girls, after dinner go find a stick,” she said.
So after dinner the girls ran outside to find a stick of their very own. Except for Melanie because she forgot to find one and had to borrow someone elses. ^_^
Once everyone had gathered back together, Stacey (the squad leader) asked them to take a few moments and think of any soul-tie that they may still be holding on to. A soul-tie is any unhealthy connection or relationship that you have or have had with another person. Soul-ties had already been discussed while at Training Camp the summer before but Stacey felt that it needed to be brought up again. If they were not holding onto a soul-tie then they were to think of all the negative thoughts that they have each day about themselves. Then everyone wrote down on a piece of paper how they feel about that soul-tie or about those thoughts.
Individually the girls went off and sat by themselves to ask God whether they were ready to let these things go. When they felt ready to move on, they reassembled.
Then Stacey asked the girls to write on a second piece of paper what God says about them. That they are daughters of God. They are enough. They are beautiful. They are enough. They are whole. They are His. And on and on they went.
This is where the sticks come in. The first piece of paper, that was full of pain and lies, was stuck on the end of the sticks and lit on fire. Once the papers burned, all that was left was the truth that was written on that second piece of paper.
Finally, they ended the night worshipping and singing praises to their King.
Oh! And then Melanie said, “Please consider supporting me because the next deadline is in 2.5 weeks and I need help! Eeek!” So to support her please scroll up to the top of this page and under her picture, click “support me”
And they all lived happily ever after 🙂
