it's one thing to experience brokenness when you're alone with the Father... it's another thing to experience that same brokenness with people like-minded... tonight... man... how can i express, rather, how can i describe the movement of the Spirit in the lives of most the High Schoolers on this retreat? It's beyond me that the Father would allow us forgiveness, but to allow me to participate with the pouring out of His Spirit to minister to His children? No way!
Tonight i saw honesty... i felt compassion overwhelming... and so much so, it knocked me off my feet... i witnessed the fruits of discipleship and the redeeming of a generation wanting! these boys, go through so much... they're partakers in paths unimaginable... but now they can add another chapter to their autobiographies... simply titled, 'the Spirit'...
reflecting on the time spent with the guys... i still don't want it to end... it's Friday, or rather, was Friday... and after an intense prayer session at the chapel, the Lord puts it on the hearts of the leaders in the bunk rooms, 'sanctify yourselves, for the victory that the Lord is going to produce tomorrow!' from that thought, obedience... from obedience, honesty, intimacy... righteousness! i've been a part of movements of the Spirit before... seen healing, heard tongues and their interpretation... prayed for the new believer and back-slider... produced disciples walking with the Father... but never like this... God knew what He was doing when He gathered us together and, using our backgrounds, allowed us the opportunity to minister... from broken homes to drug use, from pornography and lust to agnosticism... i felt useless... 'it's my fault this happened to you!' one thought crossed my mind when praying for a kid i've been close to since 5th grade... 'i've gone through the exact same thing!' flocked constantly... 'i don't know... i don't know how to handle this!' was my minds answer...
simply put... tonight was a night, even if these kids fall away from the Father, they will remember who was amongst us... fighting off the enemy... giving His children victory! they will remember God!
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