The devil has been doing nothing to me this week but tearing away at my heart. The only thoughts going through my head are ones of discouragement. The devil is telling me over and over there is no reason for me to be here and I have nothing to offer. I did nothing last night but pray for opportunities to serve God today. My day started with frustration, but it ended with joy.
I’m with the school assemblies team and today we had an opportunity to speak at an all girls school. When we got there is when I was feeling my worst inside. We spoke to the girls in a large group, and then had the opportunity to spend some one on one time with them for about 10 minutes afterward. I was very close to stepping outside and waiting for things to end because of the way things were going in my mind. I was able to ignore those thoughts from the devil, and I’m now praising God that I stayed. I grouped together with two girls and before I knew it 10 minutes was up, and I was just getting started. Somehow another 30 was added to the time and God filled my heart more every minute.I was able to help one of these two girls come to accept Christ for the first time, and the other, who already had, was encouraged to live for him. The devil’s plan was for me to run, but with God’s help not only did I stay, but I was able to help another beautiful girl come to know Jesus. The devil always thinks that he has the best plan to mess things up, but since I’m as close with God as I am it never works!
My name is Kelly and I am serving on the school assemblies team. Today was our first day going out to schools and nothing went that way we expected. One school would not allow us to speak, and the other was a school that we later discovered we should not have been at. This school was a huge joy for us! It was an elementary school with students who were filled with joy from something as simple as a hug. We got out of the van, and it seemed impossible to even get back in it. My teammates and I were all surrounded by children the second our feet touched the ground. We got out of te van no problem, but getting back in it is hat seemed to take a lfe time. They were either pulling us away from the van, or shoving hemselves into it. They acted as if they never wanted us to leave their side.
All we had to do is hug a child, and their day was filled with joy and excitement. One of our teammates pulled out candy, and she could not go anywhere without at least 50 kids surrounding her. Us simply being there and showing them attention filled their day with joy. We began to sing worship songs they were familiar with and I was overwhelmed with the love of God. I have not been able to feel God’s love that strong since I was a child myself. The best part about this story is that was only the beginning of my day, and today was only the beginning of what I’ll be blessed with experiencing this week! I can’t wait for my teammates and me to experience God through serving him the remainder of this week! The devil thought he was messing up our entire day by the way it began, but all he really wound up doing was creating a day that changed our lives!
