Bold and Unashamed

All summer I prayed for boldness. I'm not a very bold person, in any sense of the word, so asking for opportunities and courage to be bold in my faith was huge for me this summer.

Here at A&M, I'm getting those opportunities.

For example. This morning Cameron (a friend from Cho-Yeh) called me asking me if I wanted to come and do some P&W in the commons lobby. Of course I did! I love praise and worship! Instantly though, I thought about ALL of the people that are in the commons. There is a food court in there, a lounge area, a huge space with pool and ping pong tables. It's constantly packed. How awkward (sorry mom) would it be for Cam to be playing the guitar and for us to sing worship songs with everybody else around? But I went anyways, and boy, am I glad that I did.

At first it was uncomfortable. I'm not a great singer and so singing where people could hear me makes me really nervous. Finally though, I just let go of that insecurity and sang. It was awesome to see people come and sit by us and listen or sing along. Some came and told us thanks, and some even stayed until we had to leave for class an hour and a half later. Yes, there were the people that moved to the other side of the room to get away, but so many more people came and sang along. Complete strangers! At the end, a guy even played piano while Cameron played his guitar and we all sang "How He Loves".

It was amazing. After the first song or two I was completely unashamed and loved being able to worship with others. It was a great time.

Bold and Unashamed... that's what my life is going to look like every time I'm reppin' Jesus Christ :)