End of the School Year!

So, it is finally Finals week for me here at EKU.  It has been an awesome semester so far and I am so excited for the summer! It is still going to be a busy week, as I have to pack everything up in my college dorm room and store it away for the summer as I head back to Ohio for less than two weeks before I take flight to California for 12 weeks! It is amazing how time has gone by and the amount of support that I have raised so far.  I am officially at 65% of my full support needed for Santa Cruz! I am allowed to continue to raise funds as long as I need to, since project does not start officially until May 28th.  

In thinking of the work that I will be doing in light of the Gospel, I am nervous for the conversations that I will have and the things that I will be challenged to do.  Tonight, at Bible Fellowship Group (BFG), we were talking about Acts 1:1-11, the new sermon series that our church is going through on Sunday mornings.  We started talking about sharing the Gospel in situations that we feel even the most uncomfortable situations.  I started to share my example of how going to Santa Cruz, it is easy for me to think about the people that I will meet on my team yet I forget the other relationships that I will have with my co-workers and others that I come across for the sake of the Gospel.  The conversation turned into talking about the Holy Spirit and how sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not come from the way that we share a tract with people, or how successful that we are in sharing the Romans Road that will lead others to Christ.  Rather, we are sharing the Gospel when we are simply explaining how God is working in our lives and conversation comes from sharing life with them.  In this way, sharing the Gospel becomes easier in knowing that we do not fail if we do not go through the whole Gospel every time we talk to someone.  There is a time and place for that, and the opportunity will naturally arise from that.  AND we have the amazing Holy Spirit that guides us, and prepares hearts for us.  We are not the one that saves, but it is our God who saves!! :) 


I want to leave with this verse of encouragement:
2 Timothy 4:1b-2
"1 ...I solemnly charge you: 2 proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching." 

I am so excited to see the Lord work through me and challenge me to places that I have never gone before.  But, there is no reason to fear because He has given me the Holy Spirit that works in me and through me to proclaim the Gospel message wherever I may be! 

How has God been working in your life?
-Mel