Just Some Thoughts

I'm thinking about changing the name of my blog to "A month in the life of Nathaniel Herndon" because thats what its looking like right now. For those of you who don't know or didn't get the facebook invite today is "National Nate Herndon Day." Declared by one of the freshman guys who has been coming to YoungLife this year. It has a total of 14 attendees, I had to invite myself. Today is kind of a gloomy day so of course I am sitting on the couch listening to Norah Jones watching the rain outside.

On Monday I think it is safe to say we had one of our better clubs of the year! We had our First Annual ThugLife club. We only had one person who pulled a knife on another kid during the "Thug Off", besides this minor incident club went off without a hitch. IT WAS SO FUN! and encouraging, and refreshing. Jesus showed up big time in that room. I have been so blessed to be a part of Watauga YoungLife for the past 3 years and be able to speak truth into my high school friends lives. Monday was my last talk for the foreseeable future at Watauga. It was hard preparing for it because every time I sat down to work on it I would get emotional and there was so much to say. I put a lot of hours into preparing and finally I just let it go, I knew what I wanted to say and I just left it up to the Lord to speak through me exactly what he wanted me to say. I held myself together until the very end, I didn't cry but i was definitely on the verge of it. I have never had any of the kids text me or anything after a talk but that night I got a couple texts and facebook messages about my talk! I hope and pray that they understood and walked away from it with something.

Yesterday (Tuesday) I took an extremely long nap after my classes. I was planning on going to the high school but I slept through it... So instead I went to the Greenway and just walked by myself. It was a beautiful day and it was a great time to reflect. I've had a lot on my mind the passed couple days but yesterday I felt a peace about it all. I just enjoyed being in the Lords creation and being around other people who were delighting in his creation, even if they weren't aware thats what they were doing. One thing that happened while I was there was.... There was this little boy on his bike trying to make it up a hill that proved to be a little more than expertise could handle. So being in an extremely good mood I asked him if he needed help and was going to give him a push. As soon as I put my hand on his back he started crying. So I quickly passed the task off to his mom, smiled, and walked away.

I feel like my life is coming together, or at least my life for the near future. I accepted a job at Diamond Creek this summer being a caddie. Hopefully I'll be able to pay off my car and save a little money. After the summer I've got a couple options I'm leaving it up to the Lord and letting him either work them out or shut the door on them. Whoop Whoop

I was reading my book "Let Me Tell You a Story" by Tony Campolo. He was talking about forgiveness and how the reason people don't receive forgiveness is because they never ask for it whether because of pride or anything else. Its kind of true, sometimes I would much rather hold a grudge then to ask for forgiveness, I look out instead of looking in. Maybe there's something I've done that is making the other person act the way they are acting. Another hard thing with forgiveness is after you've offered it, it needs to be over. Think about what it would be like if every time we messed up if Jesus called back all the sins we had been "forgiven" for. That is not forgiveness, he chooses to forget. If I am to be an imitator of Christ should I strive to forgive as he forgives? Just a thought. and here's a relevant video...