An epic day requires an epic post... or atleast that is what I have concluded. Today started off by all of us heading up north to deal with school stuff. We first arrived at Springville Jr. High which it turns out my brothers will NOT be attending. Then we drove over to Mapleton Jr. High. They sent us over to Nebo School District in Spanish Fork to check with the district if the boys could go to school there since we don't technically have proof of residency because we don't technically live in a house as of now. (Oh the joys of red tape) So after about four hours of driving ALL around Utah county... the boys found out that they would be attending Mapleton Jr. High but they would have to wait to register until the day before or the first day of school. And now we were off.... to my errands to run.
Lately I have been in desprate need of a job. As a college student and all, a job is pretty much nessesary to pay for everything that I need. I have been applying pretty much everywhere (ok so not really everywhere, I am still looking for somthing I would enjoy) I sent my resume to a bunch of places and got a call this morning to come and fill out a job application for Mountainland Head Start (a pre-school program for underpriveledged kids). This was the first real job application I had ever really filled out. I am very excited to return it tomorrow and pray that possibly a job would come out of it because honestly... this job would be ideal.
Then again... I suppose whatever job God has in store for me is the idea job for me, so I'm just praying that He allows me to find it soon. Anyway... After a stop at my first potential job site I went over to UVU (Utah Valley Univeristy... the college I attend) to pick up my student ID card. I left UVU with my first ever Debit Card that doubles as my campus ID card, Bus Pass, Library card, ect. (well I guess that is more than double but...) I think that it is totally worth it though.
( I would like to take a moment now and apologize for the lack of pictures. For some reason blogger has some insane oppisition to inserting my pictures into this blog)
Ok, now on to the God part which is why I am assuming most of you are reading this (if any of you are reading this. I very well could be writing this to the voices inside my head...interesting...)
ANYWAY... When I got home from up north I realized I had about a half hour until my LAST night of youth group ever was to occur. Every wednesday night for seven years I have been attending youth group and now it was the last one I could ever go to. So Zac and I got ready to go and headed over to pick up Daniel and Shauna (a weekly tradition... Ok... so a little more than weekly. I love them. They are like family) and we head over to youth group. Tonight... Brolin teaches the lesson that I need to hear ( for my last night of course).
We open up with the word; "Gospel". Honestly I have kind of been opposed to this word for years. Not so much beacuse of what it means but beacuse it always sounds like a really "Christianese" word to say. And as is the case with most christianese words, never really had a clear definition in my head. But after tonight I have come to a clear definition. The Gospel is God's love story.
This might sound kind of dumb but after I realized that the Gospel has been around before Jesus died (I mean the Bible says that Jesus himself PREACHED the Gospel) and that the Gospel is to be preached to both christians and non-christians alike; God just made it click in my head. The Gospel is God' great love story for us. A love sotry that centers around Jesus but that is continually poured out for us over time. God's love is so amazing that essentially the Gospel, the Good News, is basically just a telling of God's great love for us.
After youth group the four of us (Me, Zac, Daniel, and Shauna) went to McDonalds to get drinks. I was basically going to relive as many old memories as possible tonight. So we went on another one of our epic backroad adventures. (Earlier in the year Daniel and I had adventured to see how many backroads there were in Sanpete and travel pretty much all of them and we found a backroad that lead from Ephriam to Mount Pleasant) We made a quick rest stop at Maverick (which turned into a candy stop.... why does candy have to be so cheap and delicious?) and were off. This is where the coke Q(i just killed a VERY large spider that was on my floor.... I love summer when all the spiders are out... Now I will totally be able to sleep).
Sorry... where was I. Oh yes. This is where the coke machine comes in. (Sorry about the length. I promise I will be wrapping things up shortly). While we were driving and having very... interesting (just ask the girl who was working at McDonalds that night ;) ) converstations we found a random coke machine on the side of the road. So what did we do... use our best secret agent moves to park the car, sneak up to it, take a wacky picture in front of it, and then run away as fast as we could. Then we drove Daniel and Shauna home. I said goodnight to my two best friends (who I sadly won't get to see much anymore) and came home to start this blog.
So what did God teach me through all of this?
1. I am a grown up now.
I can deny it all I want but it's time to grow up now. I am getting a real job, a real debit card, a real college education, a real car, and learning that I can't be a kid forever
2. Last times are the best
You know that saying, "You don't know what you have until it's gone"? Well it is so true. It's not until you realize that you are losing something that you realize it's true value. I realized the value of my youth group family and what they see in me, Broliln and his amazing lessons that always reached me, The other leaders and their dedication to seeing me grow, My baby brother (I'm not losing him... I just love him), Late night car rides, back roads, my two best friends, a shoulder to lean on, Sanpete County, and so much more. But I enjoyed them all to the fullest tonight and I am so thankful for that.
3. God's Love is the Center
I was goign to say that God's love is the glue... But then I realized that God's love is so much more than that. God is the nucelous, the core of my being. Nothing else moves unless directed by the nucleous inless the cell (ME) is seriously sick. Right now my life is looking pretty scary. In just 6 days I start school, 23 days I turn 18, and in about 9 days I move for the 7th time in my life. But it's God's love that has always caried me through no matter what. And it has always blessed me far beyond what I could imagine. Before I moved to Utah I thought I would never make good friends. But I have made better friends than I could have ever asked for (you know who you are) and my family in Christ is so wide and well bonded that it stretches from coast to coast. Without God's love I would be nothing. Without God's love we would all be nothign. But God knows the best for me and wants to bring it to life. I love God.
I love God so much. End of Story.
(If you want to see pictures to narrate this story please go to my facebook. The last four photos in my "Random Summer Photos" Album narrate this story well :D )
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