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Sleepless in Miami June 12, 2008
I really want to sleep…
but I drank a coffee at 5 o’clock this evening, and my sunburn from last weekend has reached its’ itchy stage, so instead of sleeping I’m scratching my neck.
I guess I have a lot on my mind too… As much as I want to be worry-free, I always end up finding something to distract me. Sometimes I’m so concerned with making wrong decisions that aren’t within God’s plan for my life, that I end up just being indecisive. A good friend of mine who disciples me shared this verse with me a few weeks ago, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21)
I have to remind myself of that verse all the time… God is going to direct me if it’s the desire of my heart and if I’m truly following him. And if I’m heading the wrong way, I’m sure God has some creative way of exhibiting a “wrong way” sign to me. So why worry? “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34).
Ok. Now that I hashed that out… maybe I’ll be able to sleep.
Change is Here and Now June 4, 2008
So I’m home for the summer! I was going to get a fulltime job and make lots of money so that I could pay for school and possibly go to Italia next summer, but God had other plans. I flipped when my parents told me that they wanted to jpay me to just do work around the house. That’s really generous and all, but I rarely ask my parents for money, and the thought of them paying me for doing chores that I would do anyway is kinda ridiculous. Also, I was really looking forward to meeting new people in my side of Miami, since I live far away from most of my friends…the few that I still keep in touch with. And outside of work and church, I don’t really have any reason to get out of the house. So the first few weeks, after being amazed by God’s power in Russia (huge story, coming soon!), I felt like a prisoner to laziness. I had work that needed to be done around the house, but I just felt like what in the world am I doing here…I want to interact with people and have opportunities to share the gospel, yet I’m stuck at home, where the nearest McDonalds is like a 20 minute drive. Well of course, complaining doesn’t do anything, but God is able to speak over that nonsense.
So two Sundays ago, I visited a church called Life-pointe that actually holds their services in a movie theater in town, kinda a similar church concept as Crossbridge, my old church in Tallahassee. I received a postcard in the mail last summer, and had considered going, but was too scared to go by myself and just didn’t feel up to leaving my church of 15 years. Well I went, and the most unusual thing happened…people introduced themselves and were extremely friendly, in fact one lady actually prayed for me during the service. It was incredible! I have been praying for passion like this and revival in Miami for some time, and it was an answer to prayer to see the fruition. Even when I went church searching my freshman year in Tally, it was rare for people to come up and introduce theirselves, and that was in a college town. The next week I went to Life-pointe again, and another church where my friend youth pastors. Again, friendly people and passionate message and outreach – praise God that people are investing in Miami. So I’ve decided to plug in at Life-pointe and I’m hoping that I can invite some old friends who used to know the Lord but in the past few years have walked away from their faith. I invited one girl this Sunday, but she said maybe another Sunday…so I’m praying that God will draw her sooner than later.
Tonight I went to the Wednesday night service at Faith Church (old church), and again, a prayer was answered. I know many have been praying for revival there, and tonight I believe there was a breakthrough! We had a night of worship and prayer. A long time friend, Erin Ayers, prayed for my family and for my Mom’s healing, and the whole congregation prayed for another man’s healing. It was so cool, everyone was crying out to God together and I know the Spirit of God was working in all of us. I don’t think I’m supposed to stay there, but I’m so excited that they’re finally taking flight. Sometimes I think it’s easier to have faith in God, but harder to have faith in the way he works. It doesn’t always make sense or seem logical…all I know is that I’ve tasted and seen, and I want more. Kinda like that verse…hmm, can’t find it, man…it talks about how we don’t know where the spirit is coming from or going. And who cares how God works things out, He will take care those issues, and even if the way to resolution seems foolish or crazy, I’d rather be apart of the things of God no matter how crazy they might seem, than anything of the world that really isn’t fulfilling.
Oh…and I’m getting out of the house, tomorrow I’m having breakfast with my friend Amy, a good friend from the homeschool days. 
There! my first muse! Tada!
About Me December 6, 2007
My name is Rebecca Longtemps, I set up this blog for a Music Technology class at FSU, but now I’m hoping to turn it into a more practical place to jot down some of my random musing.
In the Fall I’ll be a junior voice performance major at FSU, studying with Dr. Wanda Brister at FSU. Besides practicing and studying, I am learning all the time how to love God and people with reckless abandon. I love to hang out with my oversized “family” at Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF), which is one of many campus ministries on campus. I also enjoy learning about and experiencing different customs and languages around the world. I am trying to get a good enough grasp of the Italian language to spend some time in Italy working in missions and music, if it’s in God’s will.
