Tonight, Hub and I met with the student group we are helping to lead.
What in inspiration they are in so many ways.
We always start off with a lovely meal cooked by our church housekeeper - usually a one pot dinner with bread or equivalent. Tonight we enjoyed veg curry and naan - yum.
After eating, I usually wash up and clear the kitchen whilst the gang clear away all the debris of the tables etc, so we can lounge about in the meeting and get off sharp at the end of the evening.
Tonight, I had help from another of the lead team - a young lad who finished his degree last year and is now working as an NQT in a fairly local primary school. We had a lovely chat. I do always believe that there is always great fellowship to be had over the kitchen sink and this was no exception. Bless him, he said he liked chatting to me - I reminded him of his mom. I took it as a compliment and he confirmed I should :)
Afterwards, Kat led us in a creative worship time involving playdough and a teaspoon.
The teaspoon was actually the abbreviation - tsp - Thanks - Sorry - Please.
We were to take each in turn, modelling a prayer with the dough and to share back to the group- if we were comfortable - what it signified.
As things went along, I was struck by how God had spoken in each area to every heart, even those who would say that they 'didn't do creativity'
The things the students, these young people shared, brought tears to my eyes. Overall, their desire to follow God, to give Him their best, to make Him their priority because He deserved it and because it would make for what would be best for their lives, was inspiring and full of hope and expectation.
The field to consider out of this is that putting God first can never be a wrong decision.
He desires it.
He deserves it.
He will never let us lose out.
His life brings us new life; a life we can not predict and a life which, given wholly over to Him, will never disappoint. It's risky to put God first. It's scary but when we do it, it's exhilarating and fulfilling.
It's the life in all its abundance that Jesus spoke about in John 10:10
We have all grown so much.
Definitely a field well considered, wholeheartedly bought and one that will keep producing in the abundant nature of God.
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