Oh my heart!
This year I was beyond blessed to have a group of girls who were completely new to Merge. They had no clue what to expect and were so willing to go with the flow and be flexible! And after one weekend, they are now MY girls.
Such beauty, such confidence, such openness, such repentance- in one group of girls. They blew me away. As leaders, Haley and I were supposed to lead our girls and hopefully maybe teach them a little something along the way. Ha! They taught us more than we could have ever imagined teaching them!
This year I was beyond blessed to have a group of girls who were completely new to Merge. They had no clue what to expect and were so willing to go with the flow and be flexible! And after one weekend, they are now MY girls.
Such beauty, such confidence, such openness, such repentance- in one group of girls. They blew me away. As leaders, Haley and I were supposed to lead our girls and hopefully maybe teach them a little something along the way. Ha! They taught us more than we could have ever imagined teaching them!
How to serve others even when you aren't completely sure you know what you're doing
How to just be yourself
How to take a real head-turning picture ;)
And how to just have fun without holding back
Okay, maybe Haley and I already knew that last one...
But yall- these girls, MY girls, are incredible, and I am different, BETTER, for having met them. Parents, thank you for sharing these beautiful ladies with us this weekend. We had just as much fun as they did.
These girls are in 6th and 7th grade and they are so mature! Way more mature than I was at that age! (or now, whichever). They KNOW what God tells them about who they are, and they BELIEVE it! Hard times have come for some of them already, and hard times will come for all of them in the future, but the foundation they have now in Christ is something incredible. They are an example to every adult around them.
Doesn't it kind of make you feel about an inch tall when you are supposed to have it all together (lol), and along comes someone who, according to the media, should be about as hormonal as they come right now, shows you a little thing or two about truly being a woman in Christ?! It's not complicated for them! They don't bargain with God. They just love Him! When will we ever learn?
