The Power of One

Last night we had our third community worship service which was held at the apartment of Omari Head and Erik Robinson. Each time that we have gathered we have increased in number, a visual confirmation of what each of us has felt God calling us to enact in Waco and in Truett Seminary.

In the past week we have bear witness to some incredibly amazing things in the lives of our fellow seminary students. Two of our students were involved in a car wreck and escaped almost completely unscathed, and another student's mother who has been severely sick and hospitalized was healed completely and walked out of the hospital doors under her own power. I myself have seen the power of Christ recently in being called to be the pastor of a small church in Coryell county.

These things that we have seen are a testimony to the power of Christ in our lives and the power of prayer that we have been granted. We as a group friends, nay as a family have made the choice to not be content with "making mud pies in the slums" but rather that we will press on towards something more, so that we might bring a revival amongst our school and our town.

We will no longer sit idly by and wait for the things to come.

Through Christ, we are stronger. We are passionate. We are convicted.

We are the Eklektos, and through Christ, we are ONE.

Time for a Change

I can't hardly believe that it has been over 2 months since I put fingers to keys and brought my thoughts to the world wide web. In a way, that 2 months has been the most eventful of my short life. Since last writing I have been hired as the pastor of Pearl Baptist Church, as well fallen in love with the scriptures that we call the Bible. These scriptures have always been a part of my life, but at this point in my life they have begun to speak to me in ways that I never thought would be possible with any written medium.

I had a conversation with a buddy of mine at Truett this morning where he told me that he appreciated my stories that I had written and that I was a good writer, so I guess you might say that he has convicted me that I need to write on my blog more often.

I brought to the attention of my covenant group this morning that I needed for something to change. As I told them this morning, I don't really know what it is, but something in my life right now just isn't right. I'm where I know that God has called me to be in school, I have more friends than I've ever had at one point in time, and I have been called to pastor a church where I am quickly falling in love with the people that I minister to, and yet something feels like it is missing. All I can do for now is pray that God would reveal this thing to me. Something needs to change. Maybe it is me, or maybe it's those around me, but I need something different.

I wish I could explain what that something was so that maybe I could try and find it, but until it is revealed to me by God, I will just have to continue on the path that has been revealed. So if you've been thinking of me recently, for whatever reason, don't just dismiss it. Pray for me, and I'll do the same for you when you come upon my mind. It's time for a change, and prayer is a great place to start when something needs to change.

Grace and Peace

William Allen Nelson