Being Refined

It has been a while since I have written anything which is a testimony to how busy things have been around here as well as to my own lack of making it a priority.

I have been thinking a lot about the Refining process and how you have to go through the fire in order for that to happen. Fire is captivating we love to be near it. We love to watch it but we learn from a young age you don't want to be in it. It hurts, it burns and it leaves its mark.

How true is that of the way that we look at the fire of God the process of him refining us. We like to get close to it just enough to feel the power that is there. We like to watch it happen in other peoples lives as God consumes them. For our own life we put it off as long as possible. We fear what mark it will leave even though we always come out better than before, we do not come out the other side the same.

Throughout my time of working with Refined Beauty God has been Refining what we do. He has taken us through the very process our name speaks to. He has brought it back to the beginning. Youth with a mission Pittsburgh was founded through a summer youth leadership program called Joshua Generation. Teens would come for 17 days and experience God like they never had before. They would be trained in who God is and evangelism for 7 days and then go out into cities in the US and around the world and share their God and their experience with him in those places.

We tried to start Refined Beauty with a DTS but God had other plans. He is Refining us and bringing us back to our roots. SO for our first training school and outreach we are rocking it Joshua Generation style. We have been reduced and Refined and we are so excited to train up the next generation in what God says about their beauty and how to use the power of beauty and touch to reach anyone and everyone.

I could not be more excited about the mark that God has left on this ministry after all it is totally his to brand as he would chose we just have to constantly be reminded of that.

If you know anyone who would be interested in this summer youth program shoot an email to refinedbeautyywam@gmail.com
Thanks so much!