Speechless.

What do you say when you can’t think of anything?

It has been a couple months since I have posted, which is disappointing.  Not for lack of trying.  I have multiple partially written drafts, but I just can’t think of what to write.  Not that God has been absent from my life lately—I do not believe he does that.  I just have not been given written words lately.

God is good, even in the quieter times.  Between Mason, my family, and seeing old friends graduating, I am incredibly encouraged constantly.

One of my drafts is regarding a concept called “generational memory”, which I will not expand much on here, but is essentially partnering with your family with God at the center.  I recently felt led to call a “family meeting” to talk about the different ministries and paths the individual members of my family are involved in, with the hopes of encouraging and partnering where appropriate.  This is something we have never really done before, and it took nerve for me, as well as a blind leap, but I think it is worth it.  My family is fairly close, but there are areas of our individual lives that we just have not shared much, and it was awesome to see priorities, dreams and struggles laid out.  Above all, God presented me with the opportunity to pledge support to my family, and I am even more excited about the future than I was before.

Mason YoungLife is incredible.  This school has been blessed with great leaders and fantastic students, all of whom have a passion for both Christ and this ministry!  These few months since placement have been a little weird; coming into a well-developed ministry hoping to find a place is tricky, for sure.  However, I am having my expectations blown away.  Camp this past week was literally comparable to months of regular Mason YoungLife.  The amount of time spent hanging out with students was awesome, and I am excited to continue to get to know students.  Not only that, but I am pumped to see guys who want to step up—guys who have seen leaders develop through YoungLife, or simply feel called to live actively pursuing Christ.  I am absolutely overwhelmed.  In high school it took me a long time to really understand “following Christ” like these guys are, and even being involved as a leader I had previously been blind to a lot of the work God has been doing.

And now, guys I have known for years are about to go through the same kind of thing that I just passed through this year.  My brother and friends from high school just spent the past year stepping into leadership roles as students in YoungLife, and now they are all gearing up for college and the changes that are about to take place.  Through this, I hope to continue to be a part of their lives, as possible, helping to equip and serve them, or just be a supporter.

This is the future that I am excited for.  God is moving in and taking his own, piece by piece! 

Thank You.

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