my day, His lesson

I know our blog hasn't had a new post in a a few weeks and so I decided that today, of all days, I would share a little bit of my thoughts with you. Here we go....

Today, April 8th 2009, has just been one of those days. Its like you trip, fall down, and then as relentless as a hurricane, bad thing after bad thing after bad thing occurs. Without going into any details and attempting to draw pity out of you, let's just say it was not a day for sitting on the porch, drinking lemonade, while reading a book. Simply put, it was a rough day....

I could not help but want to throw a big pity party for myself. It would be incredibly easy to sit here and boast about how bad things are for me. But are they? I mean, I live in the wealthiest country in the world, I drive my own car, I have my own apartment with plenty of food, I own shoes, I have more clothes than an African village, I receive more money in one week than most do in one year, I get to take showers every day, I live in complete abundance. So why would I say "God bless me"? God has....

Today was a lesson. I learned the grace of God first hand. A savior loved me, died for me, filled me with His spirit, and gave me more than I will ever deserve. I must do more. I must be more.

Exciting things are going on in Backstage! We are about to start our first 40 days of prayer and fasting and I believe this is going to be the start of a great revival. I know God is standing, ready to transform students of Apostolic, we just need to take that step towards Him.

I love you guys forever and I'm always praying for you.

Dream big and Love relentlessly,

Nate Smith