So I have been an avid blog follower for several months and have been dying to have one of my own...so here it is! I have no clue what direction my posts will take, but we'll just have to see! Wish me luck!
This past weekend I attended Outback University, which was one of the best weekend investments I've ever made! If you ever get the chance to go to one, GO! People always rant and rave about wkd revivals and their life changing ability, well this one is legit and no joke. I honestly cannot even explain the impact this wkd had on me and all of the other 250 college students there! Yes, 250!
The setup for the wkd is to be literally in the middle of nowhere (on a gorgeous farm!) with no cell phones or car keys, sleeping in tents (my kind of wkd!). We had meetings in the Big Top throughout the wkd with great speakers. We literally could not have asked for better weather...it was so sunny Saturday that my face and top of my legs and knees got sunburnt! Such a great sign that Spring is HERE! Yay! During the afternoon Saturday we had group activities of volleyball, the infamous trust fall, and then this logic-thingy game! As Sara and I were walking over to the trust fall we saw a few girls that were emotional...we both agreed that no way were we getting emotional today....Can you guess who the first 2 people crying were? Yep...Us 2! Its so crazy how God can take something as simple as a trust fall and speak to girls. The girls in our groups were voicing their struggles and then releasing them for God to handle...an awesome sight to see. We took the time Saturday to write letters to each of our parents, which is something that is so long overdue. Being in a large group you really have the chance to see the ways God has blessed you. I have always known what great parents I have and been thankful for them, but never truly taken the time to write each of them a letter truly explaining that to them. I am so thankful for the people the Lord chose to be the leaders of my life! The last thing we did before leaving Outback on Sunday was allow time for anyone who wanted to share their testimony time to speak. Want to talk about a movement? This wkd the Lord absolutely shook the earth there and took over lives! To see these people stand up in front of their peers and give their account of their love for the Lord, incredible. This wkd was phenomenal...I am leaving out like a trillion-billion other amazing parts of the wkd....but there's no way I could explain them all or that my words will ever justify the works God started this wkd. God finishes the works that he starts, and I know that he is going to mold all who are willing into disciples that will spread the Good News.
As I was looking back on this wkd last night, I couldn't stop thinking about Matthew 9:36-38.
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
The devil gets furious over wkds like I mentioned above, and he attacks. He attacks those who are striving to walk daily with Christ and bear fruits. But we know that ahead of time and we have a hope like no other... “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33.
We truly serve a holy God!
-Amanda
