Floored by Jesus

Amazing. Busy. Tiring. Awesome. Awestruck. Excited. Changed. Thankful. That was my week this past week. There was alot that happened so be ready for a long read. LOL

Brookwood had "Adventure Week" aka VBS this week. Adventure Week was called "Slime Time" and it rocked. The Childrens' Ministry put so much work into this event and you could see it. Literally... see the You Tube video below. Each day it all started at 9:00am in the Auditorium with 300+ kids and their Crew Leaders for a half hour program that included games, skits and worship. The Worship was lead by the Student Band and had a Dance Team of Students to get the kids pumped. It was an amazing experience to see over 300 kids get into Worship the way that they did. Jumping up and down, arms in air talking about "telling the world" about Jesus and what a "happy day" it is because Jesus changes us and we'll never be the same. For months I have been asking God to show me how to get more involved in Worship... to show Danny ... to show us both how to do authentic worship that our amazing God would find pleasing. And to do it together in church. Well, this week He answered my prayers. When you see 300+ kids bring the house down with worship, you just get it. It's like a "light bulb" moment. (Both Danny and I grew up in conservative churches. Hence the reason for asking God to show us more about worship.) Danny was a Crew Leader this week. By Friday I could see a change in him. It completely floored me. I was thinking "He was a Crew Leader.... he was teaching the kids... why would he have a change?" But after thinking about it this is what I realized. The kids were being changed and learning and their excitement about it all cycled around to Danny. Isn't it amazing how God works?!!? By Friday Danny was in tears talking about how amazing this week was. How this week he learned as much if not more than the kids. And that just rocks my world because not only has it made an impact on Danny, but Danny is willing to share his thoughts and feelings to me about this experience. This week Danny got to sense and experience God's presence in a way he never has before. But he wasn't the only one. To be able to start my work day in worship with 400 people was amazing. Then to be able to turn around and do it again at 2pm just blessed my socks off. And on top of that I was able to experience this all with my husband since he was a Crew Leader. Amazing. We will never be the same when it comes to worship. This is just the beginning for us in our journey. I can honestly say that me and Danny are not the same people we were almost two years ago. God has done some mighty, awesome, scary, exciting and, extraordinary things in our lives since becoming a part of Brookwood. And this past week was just a small but amazing part of our journey. We will never be the same.

Now for another thing I was so blessed to be a part of.... I have been part of the Brookwood Praise Choir since Danny and I joined Brookwood in January of 2007. In November of 2007 I had to back off from Praise Choir because of all the hours I was working at Brookwood. Well this spring I realized that I HAVE to get back. That God wanted me back in it and that I needed it. Well, they take a break in the summer so I decided to start back in August when they resume. About three weeks ago our church was called by HIS Radio 89.3 and told that we were in the running for winning the opportunity to be the choir to sing on their road trip to Chick-Fil-A here in Greenville. After all the votes were counted we were the winners! We went to Chick-Fil-A on Woodruff Rd at 6:45am to sing on air off and on until 9am. To be in the outdoors with all the amazing people in our Praise Team, Praise Band and Praise Choir was such an experience. We were all there just to praise our amazing God. It just floored me (again) at how amazing our God is. To stand their and sing "God of This City" in public was amazing. To stand their and sing with my fellow Worship Team members near one of the busiest roads in Greenville just blessed me more than words can say. I was floored that God allowed me to be a part of this.

This week has made me even more excited about what God is going to teach me and Danny in the coming months. And I am floored that He would use us for anything. God is going to show us some mighty things. He already has. He is going to show Himself off to us and others in how He works in our lives. Have to end this post with this You Tube video of one of my new favorite songs - "Make It Matter" by Natalie Grant.



God Bless!
Karen