Thanksgiving Break

                Thanksgiving  day makes me so thankful for all the family I have and what God has blessed me with. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It has been so long since I have been able to actually eat with my entire family back home, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After dinner I went to my Aunts house where we all watched the Target Christmas ad’s. It was great to laugh for an hour at the funny commercials that were probably not as funny as I was portraying them to be.

So on Black Friday I was able to go shopping with my cousin Josh and his wife Tracy.  We went shopping for the community center here in Grayson, Kentucky. We embarked on our journey with $500 and a goal. We left with gifts for over 30 kids. It was such a great experience to be able to go and help some others. I would love to be able to give the gifts to the kids and share with them about Jesus Christ. How cool would that be? Following our journey we went to Shoney’s for the breakfast buffet, all I can say is man I miss living here haha. The rest of our Friday consisted of going to Ashland which is where we used to live. We went shopping for awhile there which was a blast. Finally I got to see my next door neighbor from when I was a kid and wow how she has changed. It makes me think how fast time just goes by. I miss the old days but at the same time it is so exciting all that God has taught me over the years.   

Today marks day 11 of no soft drinks. I have no desire at all to drink them and I am very glad that I have given them up. Water is rather good if I do say so myself.

So I have been without my phone all week here because I don’t have coverage.  I am really glad that I haven’t had my cell phone because phones are such a distraction and make it very hard to just spend some quiet time alone. My goal for this week was to just spend a week in God’s word deep in it away from the distractions back home. Every night I pulled out my Bible, journal, and an open mind willing to just do something out of the norm. As I read I just spent time praying that God would use the scripture to teach me something new and help me learn in a way that would help exalt Him. As I was able to sit in a little twin size bed I just sang praises to God. Singing scripture is something that someone mentioned to me and it is a great way to just connect with the word and what is going on. I really enjoyed this time and plan to continue doing this every night.

Tomorrow we are headed home in our one vehicle for 12 hours. This will end our Thanksgiving break in Kentucky. I had a great time here but I am ready to be back. What a great Thanksgiving break!

Thanksgiving Eve

This year my whole family is in Kentucky to have Thanksgiving with our whole family. I am very excited to be here and get to be with my whole family which I haven't been able to do in awhile. After a long car ride we made it and I am so thankful to be here. I can honestly say I love having a big family because there is never a boring moment. Thanks to God for giving me such an incredible family.

               

I finished my application for The University Of Mobile. This is where I truly feel God is directing me and its not easy to get up and leave, but if that is His plan then I shall follow. All I am waiting for is to get an acceptance letter saying Aaron Collier you are accepted. This is probably one of the most nerve wrecking things that just makes me worry even though I shouldn’t. Now funding…. $23,000 dollars a year to attend school is a lot of money. I am unable to afford that, so I need to completely trust that since this is where God is calling me, he will provide all the funding I need. So this week I have been asking the Lord to take my worry and anxiety away and just fully trust and know that God is and will always be in control. I am praying that whatever God has planned for my life and I will follow and obey. I praise Him and for all he has done for me.

                

Two weeks ago I was given the opportunity to go to a worship conference called “Glorious” Seminars4Worship. This was the conference I have been to since God has called me into ministry, so you can just imagine how excited I truly was. As Greg and I traveled to Mobile I can truly say that I was so excited for what God had in store for the time that we were there. The worship leaders were Paul Baloche, Kathryn Scott, and Brian Doerksen. These three Worship leaders had the most sincere hearts and love for Jesus Christ and it was evident in everything they did and said. Now it is pretty incredible to be in a room with over 100 other worship leaders all worshipping our creator as one body. You could just feel the Holy Spirit surrounding the room and all of Cottage Hill Baptist Church. I learned how to be an effective worship leader and how to lead a worship team that is in love with Jesus Christ. I was so thankful to be able to go and be discipled more on the direction God is taking me.

It is official day 8 of no soft drinks. I can honestly say I am sleeping much better than I have in over a year. I am not getting headaches anymore from caffeine withdraws which is good and I can tell that my body is starting to get the hang of things.

I want to end this blog with a scripture I read today. John 6:35  “Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

November 17th

           I woke up this morning with an awful headache. This is one of the symptoms of day 3 of water only. I have decided to cut out soft drinks and drinks with a high sugar level all together and stick with water. This is going to be a pretty rough journey but I am in for the challenge.

           

           School is almost finished one more day until Thanksgiving Break begins and I can’t even begin to tell you how much it is needed and how excited I am about it.  I also just think I am ready to transfer schools even though I still have one semester left I will make the best of it. The cool part about being at Holmes is how God has opened doors and showed me possibilities that I cant even begin to describe.

            

          God is so good! Yes it may have not been the best day but the smallest things just seem to brighten my day. For instance someone walked up to me today and said “You Rock”! Now I didn’t want to be like I know because to be honest the only one that rocks is our Lord Jesus Christ. Truth be told after that person said that it made me smile. See the little things can make a big difference in someones day. 

As I sit here in my office and listen to lyrics like O Holy God I stay amazed, You are so much more than words could ever say. O Holy God I pour out my praise, on the one who never ceases to amaze me. Now what they are saying in the chorus of this song is “Hey God your beautiful, I love you, thank you. They are proclaiming Jesus and thanking Him even more than the words they are able to say. How many times a day do we sit down and say “Hey God I stay amazed in how awesome you are?” I mean really think about it… The God that made the universe! He loves us and cared enough to send His son to die for us. So why aren’t we giving him hours of our day praising His name and thanking him for all he has done? I know that I serve an indescribable God that’s beauty is radiant. I love him so.

            

           It is so relaxing so just sit and dwell in God’s word. This day has been a blessing and I am excited for what God has in store for tomorrow. 

Preface

So I have decided to start a journey. What is the journey you are starting Aaron? I have decided to start writing a blog at least once a week if not more on what God is teaching me and just talking about life. As I know God has called me into ministry it will be cool to be able to follow along with this journey and one day be able to look back and see all that He has taught me. Are you willing to take the journey with me? May God be praised in and through this. Amen!