A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember Saturday night October 10th on the Follow Me Tour was a special experience for me. Our friend Dan Bridle opened the event with a set of praise-n-worship songs. Then, Marion, John, JR, and myself all took the stage together to share the messege as a forum. Marion had started the night by sharing some scripture about Jonah running from what God had called him to do and then about Peter denying Jesus. It fit right in with the recent events in my life. You see, I've been serving God, but doing it on my own terms. Doing it from the safety of my computer at home through the online ministry, by teaching a small group of teens that I already knew at my home church, and by kind of staying in the background on the tour. Over the past couple of weeks though, God has cast me out of my comfort zone just like he cast Jonah out of the boat. He has done things in my life to force me to step out and step up with my ministering. He has taken away a lot of the things that were my comfort zone. I won't go into details, but it's been really hard on me. It really is hard to submit to God's will and do what he wants you to and trust that he will do what's best for you in the long run. Anyway, after sharing the recent events of my life during my messege, people started coming up to me and thanking me for sharing and saying they would be praying for me. I usually never open up to people like that and it got this huge response. Later, the singer for the band playing there with us told me that she was going through an almost identical experience to mine and she knew exactly how I felt. What are the chances of that? That was God working on all of us. Also the bass player of the band testified about things that had happened to her earlier in her life and it sounded so much like the life of someone who I love very much. It was hard for me to hold back the tears that were trying to break free. I never cry in front of people and I hardly ever cry at all, but God was working on me so hard. I could feel his presence all around me. I was so touched, so humbled, I just didn't know how to handle it. I had never experienced anything like it in any praise service or church service all my life. God was still revealing things to me on my drive home too. I don't know if other people were touched as I was, but I know that last night was something I will never forget. For me, it was the single most important 'church service' I've ever been a part of. God knew what I needed and he put me right in the middle of it. I even prayed for someone there like I had never done before. God is amazing! I've had to take some hard hits lately, but I have faith that God is gonna do what's best for me when it's all done. Pete 10-11-09