God is Faithful

I want to use this blog to talk about the faithfulness of God. And how faith-deserving He is.


I love the song "Faithful." One of the verses says, "Faithful, you are faithful. I have found nothing but good in your heart." That is so true, and also one of my favorite things about God. There is NOTHING bad in Him, nothing sinful, nothing wrong, nothing harmful, no lies or deceit...NOTHING but GOOD, nothing but truth. What good news is that! There is One who we can have complete faith and trust in. He is completely good, completely faithful, He will never let us down, never lie to us, never harm us. He is the "one and only," as John refers to Him in his gospel. 


Our semester has gone awesome at Collin. This is now my 5th year of doing campus ministry, and from experience, I can tell you it has been a very blessed first half. We have so many girls who have invested heavily in our ministry and who have begun to catch the vision of what God can do in and through them.


I had one of our freshman girls over to my house a couple weeks ago for lunch. I was so encouraged by her story. She graduated from Allen High School and had planned to go off somewhere for college. When it came time however some doors closed and those other schools didn't end up working out. She knew her dad preferred her to go to Collin anyways, so she reluctantly decided she would go ahead and go there just for this year. One of her friends that summer before starting college had met some of our guys while they were out playing ultimate frisbee one night, and so, knowing she was a Christian, told her about the ministry and that she should get involved. She didn't think much else about it. Once school came, she started her new job, and her boss happened to be one of the guys who was a part of our Collin ministry early on. He also told her about Focus and invited her that week. Since she had now heard about it twice she thought she better go, that maybe God wanted her there. She went that first night and as Casey talked, she said she got kinda freaked out haha. He was challenging all the students to not think of Collin as a stepping stone, or a waiting period, until they got to their "real" college experience, but to seek what God's purpose is for them here and now. She said that was the exact mentality she had. She didn't want to go to Collin, she thought she would be depressed and bummed out all year, and couldn't wait till she was able to go somewhere else. But those words caught her attention, and she has been one of our most faithful and involved members this year. She is happy, she has tons of close friends here, she is growing in her walk, and is considering staying at Collin another year, and maybe even going to UNT after that to be involved with our ministry there (at least that's what I told her to do :) ). I foresee her being an awesome leader in the Kingdom and, God willing, in our ministry.

This is a picture of her and I at my wedding.

That's just one example of the faithfulness we get from God. He takes care of us, He does what's best for us. He works everything out for our good. It is our job to listen for His voice, have FAITH, and just be obedient.

I will make a small note here: Yes, evil is in the world; bad things happen. Bad things happen to some of the best. But that isn't from God; God never wanted that. Don't let Satan fool you into blaming God for the bad in this world. If he can do that, then you have let him win. 

The good news is that God is so good that He can turn bad things around for good. And in the end God wins! We know the outcome of all of this. Good triumphs over evil! And until then, we've got the big guy on our side, working everything out for the good of those who love Him (Rom. 8:28).

Isaiah 48:17-18: This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.

God's way is always the best way, not always the easiest I might say, but always the best. He is faithful to us, and He is deserving of our faith.


Keep praying for our ministry! Pray for our students' exams, pray that their winter break will be fruitful, and be praying for our winter camp coming up in January! That camp is one of the most important things we do all year, it has changed many lives, pray God will continue to work as He has in the past, and even more and more!

Here is a silly picture of our ministry at Fall Camp in September :)

Much love and thanks to you all! God bless!

October Update

October was a fun and very crazy month. For starters I got married, which if you’re reading this you probably already know. That caused me to have a pretty fast and furious October; I felt mentally and physically exhausted a lot of the time. With that said, I am very happy to be married now, and to not be planning a wedding anymore! The wedding was great, I was glad to have it, it was fun and special, but I am ecstatic that it’s over and I get to just enjoy the married life and do ministry again without having a constant haunting feeling that I forgot to get something done and that my wedding will be a disaster. Life is good.

Even though October was full of stress, God is good and God is faithful. He’s been working fervently in our ministry and He has continued to bless me by teaching me new things and reminding me of things I know but seem to forget about.

On our girl’s side of the ministry I estimate that we have over thirty one-on-one bible studies going on. That is awesome! These are with girls that are involved in our ministry as well as those who aren’t. We aren’t a ministry that is focused on getting people to our large group meeting and building up our numbers. We are focused on helping people find Jesus, fall in love with Him, and ultimately give their life to Him. And if that happens through them coming to our ministry, great, but if not than that’s God’s business and we are happy to play whatever part He’s given us. One really cool thing from this month that I would like to share with you is a story of one our student leaders. She works at a bank with I think five or so women who are all quite a bit older than her. She was telling me that she has had some religious conversations with them here and there when it has come up, and has given bibles to two of them on different occasions after they had approached her with various spiritual questions.  She then told me that she felt like God was wanting her to ask a particular one of them if they would be interested in studying the bible, and although scared to do so, she did. The lady said yes and was very excited about the opportunity. Running into the girl’s mom later on she said, “You’re daughter’s gonna teach me!” How cool is that? A twenty year old has trusted God, despite fear and intimidation, and is going to teach the gospel to a forty-seven year old! God is good you guys, and He is working! I encourage you to look at your own life. What has God been pushing you to do? If you can’t think of anything, then you’re probably not opening your ears and listening. Paul tells us that “those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” If we are being led by the Spirit then we should have plenty on our minds of what we should be doing for Him, because there is plenty of work to be done. I was encouraged and challenged by this story, and hope you will take it to heart also, being spurred on toward saying “yes” to God in whatever He asks of you, and keeping your eyes and ears open to the Spirit.

We've got about a month and a half left of the semester and then it’s winter break. Which winter break is actually still a great time for ministry in our community college realm because no one really “goes home” since they all live close, so that will be just as exciting as the semester. Please keep praying for us! Pray big prayers, have big faith, and be looking for what God is calling you to do as well. I love you guys and gals. Thank you for your support in letting me get the chance to work for God in a really cool and exciting way, it wouldn't be possible without ya’ll.

Let this be a month full of praising God and doing big things for Him!