I am an Instrument

Last night I got the amazing opportunity to speak at Expresso at Cornerstone. The theme was "Challenge". I shared my story and my challenges in life that I have had so far. Honestly, it was really hard for me to be so vulnerable with these women, but when I got up on stage and began to speak I felt this feeling that I was just a "puppet" being used by my Heavenly Father to communicate to these women that God is there in their challenges and that He loves them for them and where they are in life. I lost all feelings of "self" and truly felt like an instrument for His glory. I felt I was doing what I was created for because I was doing it for him. Afterwards, a girl came up to me and shared her story with me. We had a alot in common when it came to our stories. I gave her my phone number and email and told her to call me anytime and I also told her about our high school group and that I would love to see her there. Just the fact that my story affected someones life is just unreal to me. It is hard to explain but I just felt, last night, that I was fulfilling a purpose bigger than myself. I thank God for blessing me with the challenges in my life that I have had so far so that I, in turn, can bless someones life. My God is big.

-Mapes