So today started out like any other Sunday. Woke up at 7, got ready for church, headed out at 8:20. I work as a greeter for the 9am service so I have to be there at 8:30. After that, I actually go to the 10:30. So I'm at Harvest from 8:30-11:30. When it was about 10 o'clock, I got super tired. It didn't make any sense to me either because I hadn't gone to bed later than normal and technically I was sleeping in half an hour. I almost went home to sleep- after all, I had already heard the service. But I persevered and made it through the service. It helped that they played Not Ashamed which is one of my favorite songs.
After church, I went to Stevie B's to eat with my sis. I don't know if you know anything about Stevie B's, but it's a pizza buffet (with the BEST cheeseburger pizza) and a game room. Besides cheeseburger pizza, the game room is the best part. So I'm in there using my tokens, just playing the games, you know the usual. Trying to get a lot of tickets. Out of nowhere, I hit the jackpot on one of the games and won 1,155 tickets. No lie. Okay it actually gave me 1,105 because it ran out of tickets at the 50 mark (shame on it), but hey I was still amazed. Never done that in my life. On another game I got the 500 ticket bonus. I end up with 2,000 tickets and hadn't even used all my tokens. I was utterly speechless. Mind = blown.
When I got home, I took a nap. But it was not just any nap- I actually dreamed (or is it dreamt?). I NEVER dream when I nap; I only dream at night. It meant that I was sleeping deeply. Very usual for a nap. For that reason, it just struck me as amazing. Naps rarely help me that much. Mind = blown again.
Then it came time for homework. Yippee right? I was doing my Biblical Texts & American History assignment which was to identify different statements as academic history, religious studies, devotional, or hearsay. It wasn't that bad, but a couple of them I was just like I have no idea. I started thinking to myself that I needed to find someone to get there opinion on it when Justin messaged me. Literally the moment after I was thinking that. He wanted to compare answers! Mind = blown once again.
It really was just a mind-blowing day. After the jackpot and bonus I thought to myself, "What did I do to deserve this?" After my nap I thought, "This has been a mind-blowing day. What good did I do to deserve this?" And it was in that moment that God spoke to me. It has nothing to do with the good I've done. I was blessed. See, that's the point of blessings. We don't deserve them. We don't even deserve God's love. But He bestows all those things on us because of His love and mercy.
"When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." (Romans 5:6-8 NLT)
I am so thankful for God's blessings. I don't deserve even half of what He's given me, and all that He gives me is truly mind-blowing. Wanna know how I know this semester is going to be amazing? Because in the first week of school, I have become so much closer to two girls I practically consider family, started gaining more friends, found out how awesome BCM is, and had my mind blown three times today. My God is an Awesome God and I know He has big things planned for me!!!
"For the Lord your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” (Zephaniah 3:17)
"For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light." (Psalm 56:13)
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