My streams class

Okay - so I was so excited about going into my "Streams" class last Thursday... it was by far the toughest class that I have ever taken - it was harsh, and intense, and AWESOME! I definitely KNOW that I can out of the class having been taught many new things and having had some old things re-iterated to me. It is a class that has forever changed my life and I feel has sealed my destiny in a new and o so fabulous way. I am now even more excited to the things of God and just God in general - if that's possible. I was already so excited for Him and to love Him. This class delves into the many facets of God and how it is that you in particular hear from Him b.c. we all hear from Him in such different ways. I gained much insight and the exercises in class were invaluable and very much confidence boosters. I learned that I have in fact ALL my life heard from God - all this time I just didn't know how God spoke directly to me and then I had a "ah-ha" moment and many many "ta-da" moments. It's like I woke up on Saturday morning I was living my life in ALL CAPS for the first time in - FOREVER! I highly suggest that every Christian and Non-Christian take this class. For the fact is there is a God and He does speak to us still today. The harsh part about this class is that it really puts you in your place and it really reminds you of what a nothing you are without God. Which is a great thing - it's just the process of being broken... I left Thursday night feeling devestated. It was so painful - I went home and cried.... I truly repented of so many things in my life that I hadn't even given thought too b.c. I was just "too busy". Then by the Saturday we had moved onto Lawlessness and boy for someone that is a "recovering rebel" it was like "what the crap" all over again.... God showed me that I had be lawless in some areas of authority. I had began to convince myself that just b.c. the authority I had been lawless with (bad mouthing and rebelling against) was not Godly authority - I had convinced myself that I was in the right and that God just HAD to do something about it and then I needed to help Him. Guess what I learned instead - SHEESH!!!! - all authority is God's authority - may not be Godly Authority - but those people are in authority by God's allowance. That means - God commands my respect to go to them.... even if I do have some insight into the wrong things that these people are doing - God commands me to bring it to Him in prayer - not take it to my neighbor for "complaining prayer" - which is where I pretend to ask for prayer about the situation - when in fact I am only just griping, complaining, and gossiping about the authority. The entire illustration for this section of Lawlessness - was a story that I had been given about 3 weeks to a month ago by God.... it was burned in my memory then but when we read it again - I found even more insight.... plain and simple - keep your mouth shut which funny enough - is my life verse - does anyone besides me see a running theme here - something that God's trying to tell me - this became my "ah-ha" moment. I also learned that my mouth and not keep a guard on my heart and my mouth have prevented me from hearing God even more with His secrets and revelation. I also for the very first time was given three accurate words to share with people and the words those people shared with me were beautiful and I claim them as accurate as well. It was stinkin' AWESOME!! Take the class people! It comes again in the fall - next month I am hoping and praying that I will be able to take the 102 - Art of Hearing God - it's more in depth than this class - if that's possible! BLESSINGS LADIES!