This will be my final informational post for this blog. Soon I will be creating a new one on a different hosting site, and will post one more time to let you all know where you can view it!
I am so grateful for all the ways that God has blessed me, to lead me to the place I am today. I truly feel like now is a time of harvest in my life, and there is hardly a greater feeling. I graduated from 24/7 in May, returned to Ohio to marry an incredible girl, and now that we are back in Greensboro, I'm employed at an amazing church with amazing leadership doing my dream job.
24/7 finished out well with few complications. Going through it was one of the best decisions of my life, intentionally putting myself out there, subject to situations through which I would need to persevere. Out of those situations arose a new self, and a renewing of my mind which I now see was necessary to move to the next point in my life that God wanted me to be at. Extra special thanks to Stephen, the cadre, all the first years, and the amazing staff at Daystar for the amazing leadership training I was provided.
What a fantastic feeling it is to be married to an amazing girl such as Kayla. She brings me so much joy and challenges me to be a better me. Daily she empowers me to look inward to reach to my full potential and encourages me to purify my heart. My life is different now that we are married, and so is our relationship, but in the best way we could imagine. We don't consider ourselves to have fallen victim to "Newlywed Syndrome", but now in our marriage, we have chosen to receive each other as God's perfect gift. We are truly blessed to have the marriage that we've been a part of for the past month, and we are eager to see what God has next for us. We have received an amazing amount of love and support from all of you and I'm so very grateful for it. You have made us feel so valuable, and we hope that we can reciprocate someday.
Working at Daystar so far has been an absolute blast. Working under the leadership of Eric Freeman (Worship Pastor) has been a better experience than I had previously imagined it would be. His leadership has been highly influential to my development in the past and continues to do so. I'm always being challenged to take a step beyond my "norm" so I can be better prepared for future situations and responsibilities. It's truly an honor and a privilege to be a part of the Daystar staff, and I'm so excited to see what the future brings. I'm so glad to dedicate my life to this ministry.
Thank you all for keeping up with my blog! There are times where I would have loved to write an entry and share, but the internship kept me plenty busy. I will keep you all posted on my next blog, which may be starting in the next couple months. Please allow me to conclude with a passage of scripture that has kept me going these past few months when all I wanted to do was give up.
ROMANS 5:1-5
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
