Six Flags

Check this out - I am taking the students of Freedom to Six Flags over Georgia.  I am really excited - I love roller coasters.  We are going on July 30th.  If you want to go - let me know.  It is going to be incredible.

not me…

This was a rather busy week for me.  I finished last week feeling like I was on top of things.  I started this week feeling behind.

I started the week with an idea of what I wanted to talk about on Wednesday night.  I had planned things and was very confident on what my message was going to be.  I started writing and got pretty far.  Then God stopped me and said - “No.”  I scrapped what I had and started again.  I didn’t realize how much God was telling me while I was writing and preparing for LINC.  Really - it wasn’t until I was finished and actually thinking back to what I had talked about.  I walked away feeling very confident and feeling like everything came out and flowed together.

And then I started to think about what I talked about.  At that point I realized - I didn’t plan this.  I didn’t write this.  Technically - yea, I did write it.  But I don’t know where this came from.  I was completely lost for what to talk about.  I didn’t know where I was really even going until Monday afternoon.  It was God - he did it.  Not me.

It really gives me confidence and joy to look back and say that God wrote that message.  All glory and honor and praise belongs to God.

Wednesday Night Recap

Who doesn’t love bulleted lists? I do. And it has been a while.

• I think we had 27 students at LINC last night.
• To shake things up a bit - we sang songs and then we prayed.
• Literally - instead of me speaking for 20 or 30 minutes.  We prayed.
• There were 6 different prayereas set up.
• Prayerea = Area where you pray.
• Students prayed for Family, School, Lost Friends, and LINC.
• There was also a prayerea for Repentance and Praising God.
• I really was amazed at how serious the largely middle school group took this time.
• Should I have said seriously?
• Lost Friends are friends that don’t know Jesus - not friends that you have lost.
• Afterwards we had pizza and tossed a disc around.
• Also - I redeemed myself in Guitar Hero this week.

Excluding some issues - the night went extremely well. It was great to see students writing the names of their friends who don’t know Jesus on a white board and then praying for them. I definitely think that some of them were uncomfortable with the idea of praying for the whole service. But in the end - I think that the majority of the students enjoyed or were impacted by the night.

Thank you Jesus for pulling that off.

LINC/Random

Here are some quick hits about LINC and my random head.

• I really have a lot of fun on Wednesday nights.
• I didn’t lose any head to head Guitar Hero match-ups.
• Ben, Laura Beth, Greg, and Emily do the music for us.  They really do get better and better every week.
• I am 98% sure that we had 28 students last night.
• I forgot to take chairs back over to Patat.  So every chair had a butt in it.  That was good.
• I talked about Ezekiel 37.  The Word of God brings life.
• Honestly - I felt like things went well.
• Finally, Kristy Lee Cook got voted off of American Idol.  She really shouldn’t have made it past the first week.  (her eyes freak me out)
• My back is killing me.
• I didn’t sleep on it wrong because it hurt before I went to bed.

God is powerful.  God is faithful.  God gives life.  I am praying that God will bring salvation.  Last night - no one raised their hand to accept Jesus.  But I know that the power of Jesus Christ was at work.  God makes the seed grow.  I think I need a massage.

Fake News and Home Remedies

I really wanted to have an awesome April Fool’s Joke.  The best idea that I could come up with was announcing that Laura Beth was pregnant.  She isn’t.  I even emailed her to ask if I could do it.  She hasn’t responded - but I couldn’t go through with it even if she tells me to go ahead with it.  There would be too much backlash.  Her phone and mine would ring way too much (I am assuming people read my blog).  But no - Laura Beth is not pregnant.  We aren’t trying to get pregnant.

In another story - I haven’t been sleeping well lately.  So, I went to the doctor this past week.  He told me that there was no cause or reason for my lack of sleep but that I had a pretty serious case of sleep deprivation.  He told me that natural sleep was the best cure and that using sleep aids were not a good idea.  Well - I have been trying different home remedies and have found that mixing a tablespoon of mustard into a glass of sweet tea just before bed helps me make it through the night with out stirring at all.  This paragraph is a lie.

I know - it was a weak attempt.  This afternoon - I plan on releasing the entire list of songs that will be played at the Guitar Hero Tournament.  I really think that we will have a good turnout for it.

Guitar Hero Tournament

I announced earlier in the week that there would be a Guitar Hero Tournament on Friday.  I have reconsidered.  Having less than a week to prepare for this is ridiculous.  But on Saturday, April 5 at 6:00 - the tournament will be held at Patat Automotive.  I am going to be releasing songs that definitely will be in the tourney.

The songs will be coming from both Guitar Hero II and III.   The first round will be songs from either the first or second set of each game.  Songs will be played head to head and each pairing will play a different song.  As you progress through the rounds - the songs will inevitably get harder.

The first song to be revealed is (drum-roll please) Mississippi Queen by Mountain.

I Feel Good

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and you go to work and you just aren’t feeling it.  Today - I am feeling it.  I woke up this morning with a good feeling.  I don’t know how to explain it.  I guess what I am experiencing is the joy that comes through knowing Jesus Christ.  It is a beautiful thing.  I am happiness that surpasses my circumstances.  God is good - and I don’t think I revel in his joy enough.  His joy is my strength.  And today - I feel really strong.

Announcements:

Middle School Girls - there is going to be a slumber party/sleep over extravaganza at my house on Thursday.  Laura Beth is going to hang out and do all the girly-slumber-partyish things with them.  (I am going to disappear for the night)  So if you read this blog and are a middle school girl - come to the party.  If your daughter is a middle school girl - get her to come.  I promise they will have a blast.  Laura Beth is looking forward to hanging out and getting to know everyone a little bit better.

LINC Students - this is the first official announcement about this - but this Friday - there will be a Guitar Hero Tournament at Patat Automotive hosted by LINC.  I will push the tournament on Wednesday night - but if you are reading this and you come to LINC or if you have a student that comes - send them.  We are going to hang out, have a good time, eat some pizza, and have a Guitar Hero Tournament.  This is going to be a lot of fun.  And there will be a prize for the (second place) winner.  (I would say that there would be a first place prize - but I am going to be in the tournament.  So - the person I beat in the final round will get a prize of some sort.)

If you are a student a Freedom Fellowship - come hang out with us on Wednesday nights in the basement of Patat Automotive on Wade Hampton Boulevard from 7:00ish to 8:00ish.  If you need to directions call the office or email me at blake.comer@gmail.com.  Have a great Spring Break.