Teaching

In case you are wondering about what I'm learning here at YWAM, I will tell you right now. Last week the teaching was on hearing God's voice. The teaching was awesome, I learned so much. I knew that God speaks to his children, but I didn't really realize that he is always talking to us. He constantly wants to be in conversation with us because he wants a relationship with us and you can't have a relationship with out communicating. It just really makes you realize how loving God really is. How he pursues us continually and desires us, how he initiates the relationship with us despite our rebellious hearts, it just truly amazes me and makes me fall even more in love with God.

The topic that we are learning about this week is the nature and character of God. We are only two days into it but I already know that I am going to learn so much! We have learned that the difference between the nature of God and his character is that his nature is what he is, it is unchangeable. For example, by nature God is almighty, he is omniscient, he is omnipresent, he is infinite. But his character is what he chooses to be. He does not have to be good or loving, but that is what he chooses to be. He chooses to be merciful and gracious and holy,  and he chooses to love us even though we don't deserve it at all, which makes him so much more awesome. And because he chooses to be loving he also gives us the choice to love him back, he doesn't force us into a relationship with him because that wouldn't really be love. 

I'm learning so much and it hasn't even been two weeks! God is truly amazing.

Xo, Helen