Pray Unceasingly / If It's Love

So I realize that I haven't posted anything in over a month and I know deep down inside, my huge readership is heartbroken but relieved to see that I am back writing. The past month has been insane. This month, I've had the weirdest sleep schedule, eating schedule, and pretty much anything else you can think of is just weird. I'm not saying that any of it is a bad thing. It's just...different? A lot of stuff has been going on and scary enough O-Show is later today.

This weekend was probably one of the most trying weekends for me spiritually. SO many things that could have gone wrong did go wrong. While I will not go into details because some of it involves personal matters for some people, I could not help but think of Murphy's Law.

Amidst all of this chaos and confusion going on this weekend, it became truly apparent how amazing God is and how He brings people together. Throughout the day, I've seen close brothers and sisters and relationships get tested. Whenever God blesses, there is always a spiritual attack close by. This past day was definitely one of those days. Even with all these things, God has shown me and taught me so much. To start, I feel that I have gained a better understanding of pray unceasingly. While it's simple to say pray as much as you can, today I tried to pray at every idle moment possible to calm my heart. I kept asking God for love, patience, peace, and kindness. And while, yes I know it is a basic thing to ask for the fruits of the spirit, I honestly felt that this weekend, it was something I was in desperate need for.

Today we closed Overflow with prayer as we usually do. Looking at the faces of my brothers and sisters, it was very easy to tell that we were all worn out and stretched pretty thin. But here's where God really blessed me. Aside from all of the struggling with one another and some bitterness, closing prayer was probably one of the most blessing prayer times I've had in a long time. To shout out and cry with brothers and sisters after knowing that only by God could the day have been completed, is something I will never forget. Today was such a desperate day for prayer, and God DEFINITELY answered and blessed me.

Another thing that I've actually let rot in my unposted blogs was this thought for the past two weeks. I entitle it If It's Love after a great song by Train. Sometimes things get tough and people feel like they're a burden or sometimes the activities may seem like a burden. But even though so much stuff has been going on, I can honestly say I don't feel burdened. If it's love, ITS SOOOOOOOO EASY to give it your all for whatever it is! And even while this epiphany was tested this weekend, I still firmly believe this. If it's love and God is love, we got this :)

I'll leave the video here for your viewing entertainment... :D