The Mountain
and the
Meeting Place
Watty College Blog
Throughout different places of the Old and New Testament we see people find places away from crowds to commune with God. Many times those places are on a mountainside. We hope this blog can be a sort of social media mountainside for you; a place where you can escape from the competing voices of the world and hear the voice of God speak to you through the members of the Watkinsville community.
Where Is Your Identity?
Grant Miller // UGA Student & College Intern
My one precious hope, for the rest of the time you spend reading this blog post, is that no matter where you’re at in your life (a struggling Christian or a thriving one, an unbelieving soul or a searching one) God in his irrepressibly redeeming nature would somehow take the scatter-brained thoughts and makeshift wisdom of a sinner like me, and miraculously transform your heart and begin or continue to cleave it firmly to His.
The Story That Seems Impossible
Nate Castleman // UGA Student
When I was asked to write a blog about what God has done in my life and how he has changed it, I was hesitant at first. However, a friend encouraged me saying the story is too good to go untold, which gave me the confidence I needed to write about my life and what God has done in it.
What are you Training for?
Natalie Stembel // UGA Student & Worship Intern
If you read nothing else that I write, read this: I was created in the image of my Father. I was born into a world that, although made in His image, has been warped by the curse of sin. Sin is a part of me. Only by the grace and kindness of He who called us into His eternity, my story doesn’t have to end there. These things are true of every human. Thankfully, oh so thankfully, my story continues.
Leaving the Mountaintop
Kaitlyn Lambert // UGA Student & Community Outreach Intern
However, I wonder if what is more useful (for you and me both) is not to share what I’ve learned, but what I’m learning—daily and constantly and with much toil. And so, this is not that original blog post. Rather, this is a story of painful failure, and the things I have done wrong, so that now I might do them right.
When I am Weak, Then I am Strong
Anna Hicks // UGA Student & Communications Intern
One of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn is that God can take the most difficult circumstances and use them for His glory. In my life, this has looked like an arc in my story that I never would have written for myself, but that He ended up turning into an opportunity to share the greatest Story ever written. Let me explain.
The Body of Christ
Kirsten Brucker // UGA Student & College Intern
This year I am a sophomore at the University of Georgia and I have been reflecting on what my life was like a year ago. I was the typical nervous freshman coming onto campus not knowing many people. I was praying for and seeking out a community that would point me to Jesus in all things. I longed for this community in order to be strengthened by other believers so that we could then go out and share Jesus with those around us.
Humility In God's Timing
Mackenzie Pitts // UNG Student & Kids Intern/Intern Coordinator
Living and growing in a college town where both your environment and the people around you are constantly changing can be hard when you seem to be constantly staying the same. God’s timing is a concept I’ve been struggling with lately and with that has come an abundance of humility. The Lord’s timing and plan for my life is unique to say the least, not reflecting what’s typical in the world. I’m 22 years old and I won’t graduate in four years, maybe not even five, I won’t get married after four years of college, and I won’t get to start my desired career at this young age. Coming to these realizations has left me questioning myself and God. When will it be my turn? What’s wrong with me? Has God forgotten about me? Has everyone else forgotten about me? Along with these doubtful thoughts have come extreme thoughts of pride. Aren’t I great too? Don’t I deserve this or that? Haven’t I waited long enough? What do I need to do to get that?