today was good :)

Today has just been one of those days that you look back on and you're just like, "now that was a great day!" I don't know if anything in particular made it that way, it just was.

We started off at the Lakewood Ranch fields for CT, then football. Everyone kind of gave a half-effort in the beginning, and none of us were really into it. My team lost every game today and it's really weird for us to lose anything, let alone 3 games in a row. The first two games were boring and I never even touched the ball, but after a team huddle we started encouraging each other and we were strangely excited for the total fail that our game against Cadre would be. Sure enough, we lost 104 to 26 (THAT'S how good Cadre plays) but we had so much fun. Even though it was definitely the hardest game, I made a few interceptions, pulled several flags, and dove for the ball, sometimes successfully, and was covered in grass and blood by the end of the game. The oh-so-lovely scab that covered my elbow from my wipe-out in the Cafe on Saturday tore, and I had to play the last half of the game with my arm extended so that I wouldn't get blood all over any white Cadre jerseys. It was awesome! That's the kind of game I love to play.

Then we had class with Pastor Matt which is always incredible. We debated about what a ministry leader would do if a) a student got pregnant while at a youth event/camp, b) your leadership made an inappropriate comment to you, and c) I can't remember. But the debates were great, and Pastor Matt always has so much insight into the godly way to handle things. Then we got to watch another Craig Groeschel video on the Elijah series which was actually done by a guest speaker, Chris Spradlin. It was such an awesome eye-opener to the power of prayer. He talked about the way to pray is with humility, perseverance and expectation and asked us to rate our prayer life on a scale of 1 to 10. I'm realizing more and more how much I need to improve my prayer life. God deserves it!

Then we had ministry time, where we break up into different ministries (hospitality, etc.) and help out the other people who work at the church, and I had a really good, deep conversation with a wonderful woman named Meredith. Yay for new friends!

Now I'm going on the 3rd hour of worship practice, and 3 more hours to go! Nothing like a night full of worshipping God!

I love 24/7 :)