Exciting Hopes For Second Semester!

Right now, I feel God's presence all around me! It seems like God works with my heart and in my life right at the most perfect times. Lately I have been having doubts about whether or not I am suppose to be in the Navigators, which is the Christian group I have been involved in on campus for the past year and a half. Even though the group and people in it had such a big role in helping me reconnect with Christ, I have been wondering if this is really where God wants me. Lately, I have not really liked what I've been seeing at Navigators, and I won't go into detail but it mostly has to do with the leadership team on Navs. Along with the fact that if you are not on the leadership team, or are a freshmen, Navigators does not really have a lot for you to help you along and encourage you in your walk with Jesus. And I fall into this category.

But anyway, I decided I am not doing a Navs bible study this semester, which is a good decision on my part, but also bad at the same time because that is leaving me with no place to go and get connected in a small group setting. I was at The MILL last night which is a college/20 somethings group with over 1,000 people in it that meets every Friday night. I went last night, like usual, and they made an announcement saying that The MILL small groups were starting up Spring semester. So I grabbed a booklet and the ONLY group that caught my attention and was at the ONLY time I could go was an all girls bible study that meets every Wednesday night. I loved everything this lady had to say about her bible study, and what is even more weird to me is that the study is called "Refresh" and meets Wednesday nights. Navs is called "Refresh" and meets every Wednesday night. I just thought that it was kind of weird in a way. So I e-mailed the lady for more information and to see if I could come check it out!

One other thing that caught my attention in the booklet was Mentorship. All last semester I was looking for somebody to be my spiritual mentor, and everybody I asked either couldn't, didn't want to, or didn't feel like they could fill that role for me. I prayed and prayed about it but God didn't provide me with that person last semester. And in The MILL booklet, there was an ad saying that you could get connected with somebody who could love to meet with you and mentor you and give you spiritual wisdom. I e-mailed that person as well, so we will see what God has in store for me.

Just to make this blog a tiny bit longer, I ran into a somewhat old friend last night at The MILL. I met her last semester and had a few classes with her and she is a member of Campus Crusade at UCCS. I don't have any classes with her this semester, and haven't talked to her in a while. So I said hi last night and we started filling each other in a little bit on what's been going on in our lives. I told her a little bit about why I have been feeling uneasy about Navigators, and told her a little bit about some of the roommate trouble going on in my house. Natalie then asked if she could pray for me quickly with me. We stood there and she said a quick prayer and I can't even express how much that touched me. Nobody has ever asked me if they could pray with me like that, and I loved that Natalie did that for me.

Before we all left The MILL for the night, me and 3 of my other roommates decided to get together in a quiet corner and just pray together, and pray over the unsettled situation in our house. It felt good to just hand the whole situation over to God, and to do it together was a really cool feeling. I haven't had much experience praying in groups, and this felt so good and right doing it with 3 of my roommates that are striving for the same thing. I am so thankful and blessed to have them in my life!

So anyway, this all happened within one night, and I can't wait to see what God has planned for me this semester. I hope that He can put me in touch with a new group of friends, and a place to go and be myself and get fed spiritually with other people who want the same thing. Even if that isn't what He wants for me, it still felt really good to feel God's presence around me so powerful once again.