Teen Revival
Relationships are Personal
By Kalista King & James Conway 

Hello, friends. It occurred to me the other day that most of the articles I have written with other people have been with primarily females. Though there is nothing wrong with this, I think it is important that you hear from a male perspective too as opposed to only females. I asked my friend, James Conway, to share a little bit about what God has been doing in his life, including His recent Chrysalis experience. 

When it comes to everything I have written about in these articles, James has been there from the start. I met him my sophomore year when his sister, Elizabeth Conway, (who has also written articles with me before,) introduced me to him. He was a freshman at the time and this is pretty much when revival began to hit Greenville High School. 

Elizabeth, James, a few others and I would meet at school every other morning and pray for revival in our high school. As many of you know, God has proved Himself very faithful to our prayers and now our prayer group has grown to over 80 students in the past year. 

We call this group, Friend2Friend and it is even considered an official club, one of Greenville's largest in fact! I share this with you because I want you to know that James has been here since the beginning of this revival in Darke County and it gives me great pleasure to call him my brother in Christ. So here is James with a little report of what God has revealed to Him recently. 

James: Hi I'm James, and I'm a sophomore at Greenville High School. I recently attended the West Ohio Boy's Chrysalis Walk #55 and had an amazing experience! However, not in the way I expected. When I first decided to go, everyone told me I was going to love it and they told me how much they got out of it.  I figured I would have the same results as they did so I set the bar based on other peoples' experiences. 

This caused me to anticipate the weekend and not get the most out of every moment. But even though I did anticipate, God still revealed things to me that I didn't even know I struggled with. I realized that I was judgmental, not trusting, and I was sometimes scared to represent my God. 

This was a burden He has been trying to reveal to me that I struggle with. It has been hindering my relationship with God, and it is now so freeing to give up those burdens and know that I am in His will.  

One thing I learned on my Chrysalis Walk is to not think for even a second that I know what the will of God is for me. He will touch everyone differently than He will touch you or me. I also learned not to try to have the same relationship with God that someone else has. My relationship is a personal one, and I have learned to embrace that. 

To sum it up I would just say, always remember to let God control your experiences and don't have expectations of His will for your life, let Him have control! I've learned first-hand that it is much better this way! Thanks for letting me share my experience. God bless you.