sunday school

so on sunday mornings when I am in Spartanburg (home) our family attends First Baptist Spartanburg.... we go to the worship service first and then to sunday school. Background: Our family went to Cowpens First Baptist my whole life until I went to college so I have only been attending First Baptist for a few years and only while i'm home from school. With that being said, I do not know many people. For weeks my sunday school teacher asked me my name every week and every week I had to tell him my name and who my parents were and he made the miraculous connection, again, every week. And pretty much college sunday school is not the "cool" thing to do. There are multiple amounts of different classes they have to divide up for high school because of the large amount of youth in the church but for some reason that I can't figure out, the college sunday school class averages about 7 or 8 and it's usually a different 7 or 8 every time. There are only two regulars that I notice are there without fail. So I always kinda dread sunday school, and I really only go because our whole family rides together so I can't really leave after the worship service while they are in sunday school.

But something was different this sunday.....

I walked in and the teacher says, "Hey Lauren!" (He knows my name?) he continues, "I am so excited you are here this morning, I really feel like you are just really going to enjoy this lesson and it is just perfect for the stage of life you are at right now cause I know you are graduating in May and planning to moving to Columbia. I really hope you enjoy it." at this point i'm thinking, what? He remembered my name, and everything i told him like 2 months ago?, and not only did he remember it but this lesson made him think of me and what I had told him.

God humbled me that sunday morning.

He used that so "un cool" sunday school class to teach me things and show me answers to questions I had been praying about and stressing over for a while.

He used the people in that class to amaze me and challenge me to get into his word every day and surround myself with him.

These are some important things I took away from that class....

1. God is intentional.

2. Don't depend on your ability to hear God as much as you depend on his ability to get through to you.

3. If we do not spend intentional daily time with God we are going to miss out on the awesome regular familiar time with God.

4. God always equips those who he calls.

God help me not to underestimate you or question your calling in my life. You will provide my needs and you will show me the way. My faith is weak but your abundance of grace is all I need. teach me to rely on you and surround myself in your word so that I can walk in your will daily.

lg.