I don't know about you guys, but my summer has been pretty full, between college work (so far I have earned like, 9 credits this summer term muahaha!!!!), Bible Quizzing, my church did VBS for the first time EVER (slightly stressful, but hey, what can ya do, and it was a success), talking to friends all the time (mainly through Facebook and texting, ya know the drill haha) and of course, writing whenever I have time to throw it in there.
Many of my friends have gone on trips all over the place, from visiting family to visiting friends to going to camps (and lemme just mention... church camp is where it's at, bro, haha) to dozens of other things. I recently went to IL's first ever Back to School State-wide Sheaves for Christ Rally, (and when I say recently I mean, it was last night haha, we didn't get home until almost 3am haha, that was one amazing service) and it was amazing. Bro. Michael Ensey, our general youth president, preached about how we need to 'Be Where You Are'. As school starts up, or has already started up, we need to be the light to our friends, to our schools, to our colleges, etc. He also talked about how one of David's mighty men, Benaiah, did some amazing things, fought and won some crazy battles that prepared him to go on to the next battle. He jumped into a pit with a lion in that pit on a snowy day, and he won. We have some battles that we've won or are fighting that are gonna prep us for the next battle, and we have some lions that we need to deal with, whether they're in ourselves or in our schools or in our homes.
Basically, we need to deal with the lion. Your victory in the battle you're facing now is going to prepare you for the next battle and the next victory.
So, don't give up. :)
To all you public-schooled guys who've already started school or are about to, I'm praying for you, and I know that God's got His angels watching over you. Be the Child of God that I know He's called you to be. You might be the only Jesus that some people ever see.
To all you homeschooled kids, whether you've started school, never stopped, or are about to, have an awesome year, and try not to drive your family too nuts with staying up late doing next week's homework so you can have 2 weeks off (if you haven't done this, congratulations, you can call yourself normal, because I have...)
And if there are any college students or about-to-be college students, have fun, don't get into trouble, study hard, and pass those exams so you can be done with the class!!!!!!
Actually, this advice I give to all of you. Be Jesus to everyone around you, study hard, don't get into trouble, don't ever give up, and just be your awesome, amazing selves. :)
God bless, and have a wonderful school year!!!
--Sonya :)
