Prayer

Today was all about answered prayers! And it was truly AMAZING!!

Around 11:30am, me and one of my friends raced to the post office because we just knew our divinity school letters would be there. Neither of us had checked it all weekend and we just knew today was the day.  We were right. There is was sitting in my PO box! My letter. I tore the envelope open as fast as I possibly could  and saw the beautiful words "The Admissions Committee of Campbell University Divinity School is pleased to approve your application for admission."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I was literally jumping up and down in the post office (thankfully no one else was in there, but it really wouldn't have stopped me if there was) and saying "I GOT IN! I GOT IN!" I was and still am so excited! My face hurts from smiling so much today. I have been praying about this for months! Asking God 'is divinity school right?' 'can I really do this?' and over the pass week I have just been praying to get in. AND I DID!!!!!! God has heard my prayers and answered in a big way. Its not just getting in to CUDS (Campbell Divinity) but its starting the next part of my life, continuing to follow God's call on my life, and learning how to do effective ministry.

I have also been praying about SHINE, asking God to fill us with passion and to move in this group. Again, God has answered in a huge and amazing way!!! He has filled me with a passion that is so astonishing, I don't even know how to fully express it. Its not that God started moving. God has always been moving, I just wasn't paying attention. God has opened my eyes to what he is doing. I am part of this amazing community that craves The Word, and encourages one another, and seeks Christ.

Last week at SHINE, we all wrote our name on a piece of paper, put them in the middle, mixed them up, and then picked someones name and prayed for that person all week. We started tonight by telling who we prayed for then sharing prayer request/ praises. Every SINGLE person had an answered prayer from this past week! It was so incredible to see how prayer had affected each and every person there tonight.

I have to laugh at myself. I am so blown away by what God has done, but I shouldn't be. I asked God to move me and God did! God hears my prayers! They are important. God may not answer in exactly the way I expect, but God will answer. I matter to him and God hears my prayers!!