Scheduled to speak Monday at a high school assembly for Teen Pregnancy Prevention week, the principle "happened" to meet Nathan at the store on Saturday... "Nathan, I know God sent you my way, I have been trying to reach Angelia (YFC Schools Facilitator)to tell her the Assembly plans have changed, but I don't have her phone #. Would you please tell your wife we will re-schedule?" As the words left his mouth, Nathan's phone rang... "Greetings Nathan, are you available to speak at the "Send Off" Assembly for our Matric's (graduates) on Monday morning.?" And so Nathan knew that this was God re-arranging my schedule and didn't let me off the hook when I begged him to take the bigger schools assembly!
With Nico DeVos and Angelia Simons as support, we headed to Plettenberg Bay Sr Secondary to "send off" the matric's on Monday. Armed with the story of Paolo Rossi (Italian soccer hero of the 1982 World Cup)and the faith the coach had in him tied to the account of Jesus' forgiveness towards Peter after he denied a relationship with Him. I encouraged these students that "God believes in you, even more than you believe in yourself!" They may have made some mistakes along the way, maybe they wasted time they should have spent studying (Matric Final Exams start soon), but God is standing in front of them to tell them that if they come to Him, He will forgive them and help them finish strong. Nothing is impossible with Him, and nothing is possible without Him!
I am walking proof... God believed in me, when I didn't believe in myself!
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