First of all though, my weekend. Tomorrow it'll be a 7am start, I have to find my way to the train station here, and then get myself to Frankfurt to meet up with Anne, our old German assistant in school. I will undoubtedly have a good time catching up with Anne and then hopefully another early night before another early morning on Sunday, even earlier this time. I have to have left the house by 7, to go to church with Anne and then to be shown around Limburg. I have a feeling that it's going to be a good weekend, and then only five more days of work until I can come home and be 18 after long last!
Edit: And as I type, my plans have already changed! But more about that soon!
Eighteen. What a lovely number. I must admit, 17 looks better on the back of a football shirt, but being 18, that's just cool. I know that as I sit here now I'll be wondering why I wrote this, I won't feel in the slightest bit different, but when I turn 18, I know now that there will be parts of my life that will change for the better. The second I turn 18 (well, maybe not), I become a full youth club leader. That in itself is a huge step up in responsibility. As well as that, I know that this year is the most important year of my schooling life, most importantly, the last. A Levels, which brings me nicely onto my results, which I'm rather chuffed with. AAAC, and I kinda knew I was crap at physics, so all in all, I'm delighted.
I have a feeling this year at school is going to be my best yet. Further maths is teeing up to be an absolute corker, and I'm actually looking forward to the old A2's. If I can do that well in the AS part without revising, the A2 will be an absolute doddle with a bit of revision! And it's maths, how could I do badly? (Hopes and prays he won't live to regret saying this.)
I can't WAIT to get back to Craigmore YC. Extra weekly fun with everyone from church, then I'll also get to see the other people that I didn't get to see this summer. Then there's the leaders I didn't get to see, which now that I think about it... Ok, there are none. BUT. I may be catching up with a certain leader or two that have been sorely missed around Craigmore, and that will most certainly be something to look forward to.
Without Craigmore I wouldn't be writing this blog post from Germany. Actually, I wouldn't be writing this blog post at all. Craigmore introduced me to my faith, and my best friend Sally McConnell, who as already mentioned, forced me to start writing this blog. I can't give the people at Craigmore enough credit, the leaders past and present, the older members who have since left, and the members who are still there, keeping my fire for Jesus burning.
My story should be an example to those who don't think they need to go to church in order to keep their love for Jesus strong. I thought I could and made a complete mess of my life. But I was accepted into the church community like I'd been there all my life, and since then, my life has changed so much. I haven't worried about what I did in the past ever since, and I can now claim to be a true follower of God, someone who has given their whole life to Jesus and wants to spread his word. I was an on and off Christian for ages, and I know I was, but that's all behind me. I'm born again.
I couldn't recommend giving your life to Christ more highly. If you really give your heart and soul to God, there's nothing you can't do.
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through He who gives me strength.
An extremely good friend of mine sent me that verse when I was feeling down, and I live my life by it. Give everything to God, and you can DO everything. In the Bible Jesus lets Peter, through faith, walk on water. An otherwise impossible task was achieved through faith. We can't just ignore the might and wisdom of our Lord. With Jesus, nothing is impossible. He moved mountains, he tore down the temple. Yet despite possessing such power, he still was humble enough to die for our sins on the cross.
Our God, is an awesome God
He reigns from Heaven above
with wisdom, power and love,
our God is an awesome God.
The words of this song tell a story for me. He's awesome, he's all powerful. He has the power to save us when we least deserve it. That, is the meaning of a saviour.
I can't do enough in words to say how amazing he is. But I'm going to leave you with the most famous verse of scripture in the Bible, it says it all.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(KJV)
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