I remember when I first came to faith, been blown away by God, and the fact that even though I'd been the places I'd been, God still cared, and God could even forgive me and we could start again...... That was enough to bend my noodle


I saw God as a God of miracles, a God that could do anything. The church I had come from, before my current church, was full of alot of excess, and more than one occassion, I saw people being pushed down by the person who was praying for them. I ended up getting really cynical and wondering if the God I thought I served was really that amazing. In my heart I was growing cold towards Him


I was lucky to find my current church, it is a church that appeals to my roots, but also believes in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and operates in the gifts of the Holy spirit.

But I was scared, I was scared of God, scared of finding out that God really was a fake.


That all changed this weekend, I went away with people from the church, for a life course weekend. The topic of the weekend was the Holy Spirit. Which I think had I known that before I went, I may not have gone. But the good thing about it being three hours away and having taken a car load to the weekend was that going home wasnt an option.


I found God again, I found the God that picked me out of the squalor that was my life. And had the most wonderful gentle encounter with the Holy Spirit not scary but so powerful. I think I discovered again the God of miracles, the God that with him, all things are possible


Why am I sharing this? I think at times, its easy for us as christians to get cold in our hearts towards the gospel story. Its to easy to forget the utterly mind blowing thing that God did for us...