I Have a Lot to Say.

Let's see if I have time to say it all. I am supposed to go donate plasma at 9a and babysit at 10a. So technically I should be getting ready for the day... eating breakfast, getting dressed and all that jazz. But I've been having an amazing few week. Let's start with last weekends retreat...

Last weekend I went down to Tucson for a Chi Alpha retreat. There were several other schools there including ASU and UA. It was a fun retreat. My main focus while I was there was hearing God. I had been praying for a couple weeks before the retreat that I wanted God to tell me what I should do with me life after college. I need him to tell me. But I have never listened for or really recognized God's voice before, so it was a challenge.

Last Saturday night I was sitting in the back row of the chapel and listening to the message. It was all about how when you hear God's voice you need to act on it. You need to prepare yourself to do the will of the Lord. It was a very good message. So I was sitting in the back row and I was watching this girl write a bibel verse on a bulletin board. It was a bulletin board for anyone to write on so I started thinking about a verse I could write on it. I thought of one from a retreat I went on when I was a Freshman in high school. So I started looking for it, but I couldnt remember where it was. My first inclination was that it was in Isaiah. So I started looking through Isaiah and almost immediately landed on Isaiah 6:8. It says, "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" I re-read it about a dozen times, but it was awesome! I got so excited. God spoke to me through his word. He wants me to do his work, I just need to step up and be prepared to say ,"Send me!"

One of my favorite things about that verse is that there is an excalmation point after Send me! Isaiah isn't grumpily saying "Fine... I suppose I'll do your will... Grrr." He is excited and eager and says, "Send me!" I am very excited to do God's will... now if only I knew what that was...

Last night at XA I was sharing my story with the whole group and of course I was getting very excited, because it is a fun story to share. At the end of our service we are invited to come up to the mic and share anything the Lord has spoken to us that is meant for the whole group. There is one gentleman in the group who has gotten up several times in the past and speaks about what he heard about specific people. I was hoping he would do it again and this time I wanted him to speak about me. And he did. While I was sharing my story he felt that I would serve the Lord through conversation. That I would talk to people, particularly females. He said he saw me counseling. That is very cool! He has such an amazing gift and God chose to speak about me. So I can see myself counseling others. I am interested in middle school aged kids, but I think I could be helpful to other ages too. I need to pray on that and see where God is going to lead me. It is very exciting though. The pieces to the puzzle are coming together.

I need to get ready! Pray for me.