Church on the Farm...

After a weekend of camping; braving the mud, the rain and the wind it's amazing to come back to dry ground (and a house) to reflect over all the things that have happened and how much God really speaks.

Camping with local churches who are passionate about seeing God in their towns is incredible. It's impossible to be bored or even apathetic about God and about seeing His kingdom spread in our towns!

I went to the weekend not knowing what to expect but what a great place to be! Not confined by pathetic human expectations but totally open to whatever God has for me! God blew me away massively with what He wanted to speak to me about. My mind was racing for the first section of the weekend with trivial matters and it wasn't until God shook me up and reminded me that He was the reason that I was there and that all the other things I was thinking about were simply menial and unimportant.

I love the fact that comedy is totally owned by God, He has a great sense of humour! Whilst worshipping I looked on the floor to see a beetle upside down and was strangely drawn to it. As I sat down to look at the poor thing God spoke to me. He told me to help it to its feet.

Needless to say my response was pretty disgusted;

"God you really want me to touch this thing? During worship? It's a beetle. Erm..really?" But following God is stepping out, and to be honest you just have to look through the Bible to see weirder and much harder things that Christians have done for God. So a little freaked out I helped the beetle to its feet and watched. I don't know what I expected, perhaps for it to start talking to me and say 'Thanks' or whether it would turn into a person or something! I watched the beetle and watched it slowly headbutt a big cable again and again and sat and waited...then God's explanation came. And it fitted perfectly:

"Just as you helped him to his feet, I'll help you to yours. You may headbutt the wall a couple of times but I'm watching you and I'll help you back on the way."

Who'd have thought a little beetle could inspire so much?!

It just goes to show that God uses everything and anything to help us on our way. Our God is an inventive God, after all He did invent the universe and everything in it! So don't go waiting for big cliche things to happen, 'cos God loves to surprise!