If you read my blog in the last week, you know that I was speaking for the first time at Relevate Student Ministry. I was super excited...and super nervous.
I'd been preparing for well of a week. I had started writing it 2-3 times. Knew the scriptures I wanted to use.
Then the week of my sermon...God lays a totally different scripture on my heart. Which hey, it's His message I'm bringing so that's cool. He can do that. I went under a massive attack from the enemy which left me without transportation. But I refused to let that get me down.
So there I was stuck at work on Weds between shifts. Thankfully I had brought my laptops to work with me. Like I said I had started writing 2-3 times. And they were all good. But I knew I couldn't use all of it. So after reading some of it to my best friend, she advised me to just combine them all and then edit. That's what I did. All day at work I kept reading over it trying to prepare and memorize it as much as possible.
Ok..it's time. It's Thursday night...and of course we have a record attendance. Like I'm not nervous enough...lol. Everyone there was totally encouraging. And excited for me.
During my preparation, I had finally gotten it to be right at 15 minutes. Including all the jokes and all that. I felt confident in the message I was bringing. After all, it was something that I personally had struggled with and could speak from the heart on.
There I am....on the stage. Nervous. Anxious. And I totally flew through it. I think I was done in like 5 minutes...ok not really but it sure felt that way.
I feel I did pretty well. Everyone said I did great...but like they'd tell me I sucked. lol. Ok well I'm sure some of them would...(Nick).
But I know this is part of God's plan for me. To speak to and help young girls in their walk with Christ. So I know beyond a shadow of doubt that God will give me what I need to overcome any and all issues that I may encounter. And the more and more I do it (speaking) the better and better I will become.
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