Hectic Weekend!

Considering it's Monday, I got up at 5:30 (I know, early right?!) and it's after 9 and I'm still awake enough to write for y'all, I think I'm doing pretty dern good! To say this weekend has been hectic (and the upcoming week looks to be the same) is an understatement. We had our homecoming football game Friday night, which we won. Why on earth you have homecoming a month early in September when it is 90 degrees out is beyond me. Sunday was homecoming at church, and Sunday night started revival. Oh my goodness, I cannot describe how good that homecoming lunch was! I just looove covered dish lunches at our church. Revival ends on Wednesday. We decided instead of bringing one preacher, we would bring back all the preachers that were raised in our church. How cool is that?! I was able to go last night and tonight, but I'm not sure about the next couple of nights. I've got a lot of busy work at school I"ve got to accomplish.

I do briefly want to touch on what Sunday nights message was about. One of my many cousins was the preacher. He hasn't goen to seminary school, but boy can he bring it! The very first thign he did was ask a question. It made me think, so y'all do too. Who in the Bible has the most determination?
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Ya'll I was thinking of all kinds of people. First off, I was thinking it was one of those quick questions where the anser was Jesus. Well, he wasn't looking for that. then I was thinking of Paul. Nope, wrong again. Want to know the answer? ....Satan. Yep, I felt pretty dumb after that.

The text was from Matthew 4 when Satan tries to tempt Jesus, which is a pretty dumb thing to do. If His Father can throw Him out of heaven, he's a very determined guy to keep on trying something that purely ain't gonna work! He also went on to tell a story about how he strove for 2 years to become the best archer around. He practiced hours a day, each day of the week. Finally he got there. And then he posed the question, well what if he had used that determination for God and His glory? Where would he be today? Awesome thing to make you ponder what you're really about.

HE also made a statement that I really loved. Satan is determined to destroy you, but you've got to be more determined to serve the Lord. Simple statement, but defnintely profound! I think what he was trying to get at was that Satan will do anything to make you think you don't need to be revived. He'll spit all kinds of lies to you, but you've got to see through them. Revival doesn't start within a church. It starts within a person.

I hope all of y'all have a wonderful blessed week. Hopefully I'll be able to get on more than I have these last few days. :)

~Sarah