Come Thou Fount

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

How many times these words have struck a chord within my soul? And yet, often it's easy to relate to the man who penned these words (Robert Robinson), who one day as he was riding in a stagecoach a lady asked him what he thought of the hymn she was humming. He responded, "Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then."

May I never leave my First Love.

Say a little prayer for me...

Heading out to our annual regional staff conference this weekend. I always have mixed emotions about the conference. It's a fun time of connecting with staff from around the region, but it's also easy to feel somewhat lost in the mix. Everyone seems to know everyone and has all these close friends to be around, except for you. Walking into the meal times is like walking into the cafeteria as a sixth grader all over again.

But my real concern as we head into the conference is that this retreat usually marks the end of the semester. After we get back, it's Thanksgiving break...then one or two more weeks with students, then they get lost in the mix of their finals. So essentially we only have 2 weeks left with students before the Christmas break...and with the planning of the Epic Conference still very much unsettled, and the number of students that might come is very unknown, I'm very VERY overwhelmed as the conference direcctor.

It's hard to capture how overwhelmed I am, but to give you a taste...the epic conference is less than 2 months away, and I've yet to secure a speaker. SO, please pray for me when you remember. I can't do this on my own.

A Simple Prayer

The prayer of one of our students during our core team meeting tonight..."God, I'm tired of being just like any other student going through a normal routine. I want to be used by You. Help me to be effective in reaching my friends and making an impact for You."

God, thank you for how you are working in the lives of students. I pray that you would hear his prayers...use him to reach his friends. May this be the start of a multiplying movement of students who will change the landscape of the students at UT.

A Quickie...part deux

quick update before I hit the sack...San Antonio was awesome yesterday. Originally, I was thinking Brandon and I would just be meeting up with David. We'd maybe talk about plans for the end of the semester and how we could really jump start things for next semester to really see Epic take off at UTSA. But when David showed up at 2 o'clock, he wasn't alone. He walked up with this girl, then another one showed up, and then another guy...and another guy. Next thing I realized, I was sitting down with 6 freshmen all fired up and on board with seeing epic take off at UTSA. I shared the vision and heart of epic with them and they were excited to start planning and meeting on a weekly basis to pray towards reaching their campus with the gospel. I never imagined that by this point in the semester, there would be at least 6 freshmen ready and willing to lead an epic movement at UTSA. Can't wait to see what God's got next!!!

A quickie...

It's been way too long since my last post...and there's nothing impressive about this one. Just a quick note for any who happen to stumble across this. Please pray for Brandon and me as we head down to San Antonio Tuesday to continue our Epic launch at UTSA. Pray for a good appointment with our key student (David). And pray that we would have opportunities to share our faith and possibly surface more leaders.