How it feels to be FED!

I am so completely blessed to be a part of the work God is doing here in Morgantown, West Virginia. God has done mighty things in and through Crossroads Church - and I cannot even begin to express my joy and my excitement about being a part of that! I praise the Lord for godly leadership - for our pastor!! He was so nervous about the sermon today because the theological concepts he discussed were so difficult - but God so annointed Him and the Holy Spirit rained down!!! Last night during prayer meeting - we begged God to come - and He did!! As I sit here pondering what to share about the sermon - I just think about the last four years of my life and wonder how I ever made it as a Christian... never truly being fed. How do we grow when we are not fed? We are like babies and crave spiritual milk. What happens whenever we don't get it - when we starve? What happens when babies don't get fed - they die. It's so funny how I never even saw this! It just seemed to be the way things were and how things worked - you just go to church, listen to the message... go home and go about your business. You have quiet times with God daily - weekly, even - and that's it. Being a Christian is pretty easy! As most pastors taught - if we shared Christ or were "good" - we were ok, right?! BY NO MEANS!! It is not until I began getting fed that I truly realized how hungry I was! Like.. if you never ate three meals a day - if you only ate one... that would seem normal to you. The hunger pains would be routine, nothing out of the ordinary. But let's say you started getting three meals a day and the hunger pains dissapated - how in the world would that feel! You had no idea how hungry you were until you started to experience food, right?! That is so where I'm at right now!! The past 3 weeks have so rocked me... it's like my eyes have been opened to a whole new world! This is what it feels like to be fed! This is what it feels like to be challenged! This is what it feels like to grow!! So many "Christians" could careless about growing - as long as they are comfortable, they are okay! Not me!! I am so SICK of being still that I thrive on the challenge of growth! I want God to use me - I want God to grow me! I want to jump out of my comfort zone into the realm of the unknown! My Jesus is beautiful and I want to see Him that way! I want to embrace Him and take Him at His word! Because I have been justified, God promises to sanctify me! He who began a good work in me will carry it on until the day of completion! He will keep me!

So - with that said - I praise God, once again for the work He is doing in me - and for the work He is doing at Crossroads! Shane Suiter - I praise the Lord for you and for your willingness to allow God to speak through you... to proclaim his truth, even when it's hard -

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