I am back from YSC! For those who don't know, I have been in San Diego at a church retreat for the past week, which is why I haven't been able to update my blog. HOWEVER, that has not stopped me from loving! I still have been keeping up with the 365 days of love, but I haven't been that great about keeping record of it. Here are just a few things that I did each day (from what I remember):
*note: these might be out of order
ACT OF LOVE #107: Upon arriving at Pine Valley, I noticed two new girls that I haven't seen before. I decided to go talk to them, and realized that one of them is visiting from China (so she has very limited English), and the other mainly speaks Chinese. I took some time to talk to these girls (and to help translate) so that they would feel more comfortable here!
#108: I gave my friend a massage during free time.
#109: For our cabin devo that night, we went outside to the front of the game room. Initially I was sitting on one of the benches, but seeing that someone else wanted to sit on the bench, I gave up my seat :)
#110: The counselors had us older girls in the cabin wash the younger girls' feet during our combined cabin devo to mirror what Jesus did for his disciples (John 13).
#111: My friend went to breakfast without a jacket, so I lent her mine!
#112: I got to talk to the speaker and give him thank/encourage him for coming out to speak!
YSC 2010...
This past YSC was, in a nutshell, quite extraordinary. It seems like God used almost everything--the messages, the workshops, the worship, the cabin devos, the fellowship, the QTs, to teach me something new and unique. Though I may not feel the super-jittery excitement of a spiritual high that I did in middle school, God has been faithful in teaching me just as much. Since I'm too tired to write out a real reflection right now, here are a few thoughts on what I've learned:
-I should feel God deep down to my STOMACH, where my identity is rooted in CHRIST so that nothing (neither success/failures, gains/losses, praise criticism) in this life can affect the core of who I am
-"He must become greater; I must become less" John 3:30--true worship
-Information without transformation = damnation
-Not only am I His beloved, but so is everyone else. Love others as He loves me (1 John 4:19)
-Romans 3: have faith as Abraham did in Christ.
-Surrender everything to Him, every day.
lol. i think you gave the bench up for me. =P thank you for loving me selflessly this way.
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