Irony

Today was a fairly relaxing day compared to others. I went on a nice long run by my self, which was quite relaxing and then I spent some time in the Word. The irony lies in what I read today, but more about my relaxing day. I got off work super early and had time to go to the gym without being rushed. Then I got to spend some quality time with Natalie, it felt like the first QT we have gotten to spend in awhile. We walked around and went shopping at Wall-Mart, good times. Then we all wore white and had our Friday night social. The reason for the white was because we had a rave tonight. For you older folks, a rave is black lights, fog machines, techno music, and glow in the dark sticks. Another fun night with all Campus Outreach. Todays scripture was Romans 8:31-39. Again with the Romans 8:31 . I love it, it just makes me feel better. Not over confident but comforted. I think it is ironic that two blogs before I decided to write about Romans 8:31 and it shows up once again. This time I got to dig in a little deeper. The more you read into the chapter the more you learn about God. Obviously He is powerful, He is the Almighty, WHO can be against us!? After that it talks about God's graciousness and generosity. He gave His only son for all of us sinners. We hear that all the time, but really think about it. He gave His only son for us, it gives me goose bumps when I really think about it. We are so desensitized to Jesus dying for our sins we forget the huge part of the human sacrifice Christ made. Not only humbly but willingly. He was perfect in every way, and could have said no or not allowed it. He was the son of God, he could have done whatever he wanted. Instead he died and rose 3 days later... Why? Because He loves us! That really shows God's grace, compassion, care and generosity. In Him we find strength, this should not get you down, but lift you up. Don't feel bad, God is for us, who can be against us? We are conquerers through Him. We can take on anything and everything with Him on our side. Nothing can separate us, NOTHING! Read the scripture, it's in there! How comforting and encouraging is that. I'm getting all jacked up writing this. Don't just read this blog, open up your Bible and read Romans 8:31-39 and not only get encouraged, get excited. Please keep up the prayers, some people here need them more than others. So just pray for all of us, I mean all of us at project. Especially for room cohesion and sleep deprived college kids. We are all on the grind and work long days with long nights. And then go back to hotel rooms with 5 in a room. Things get a little complicated. Thankfully our room is doing great, but pray for everyone here. Thank you so much.

Serving Him,

Daniel