God will give you the strength!

            Have you ever had those days when no matter what you do you still feel like you are half asleep? Well I have. This week we had quite a few late nights and early mornings making me very tired. It is not only the little amount of sleep but also the busy days that make one tired.

         

            Before one youth night I said to Mike that I was extremely tired and just not mentally ‘there’. He said something like this, ‘yeah it is pretty hard. Remember that you are doing the work of the Lord. If we ask God for the strength he will give it to you.’ I could not believe when I reflected after the youth night, God really had given me the strength. Although I felt exhausted after God knew that I needed his strength to be able to be present to the youth.

Recently we have had two New Year kick off events. We did a sledding event for the iGNITE middle school youth night and a Minute-to-win-it contest for the high school AWAKEN youth night. We were so blessed to be able to give the youth prayer cards at iGNITE. We all recited the Angel of God prayer together and it was so beautiful to imagine how millions of angels from heaven were right there praying that prayer with us and the youth.

            It seems like whenever it gets warm here (warm being -18 or higher), like it was the past week, it always brings clouds and lots of snow. So if you want nice weather it is almost better when it is -30 with clear skies. The best part about the clear skies is the Northern lights. The northern lights are out every night but it is about finding that time when the sky is clear and our Creator displays the most wonderful fireworks show ever. They come mostly in short bursts but it is one of the most rewarding sights ever. It is just a little piece of the beauty of God that He rewards us with.

God bless and thanks for reading, 

Ben and the rest of iNFUSE North (Mike, Olivia, Meghan, Cameron, Steph, and Shaina)