It was so great to start up Metamorphosis ( I defy you to call it anything else... lol) again this Tuesday. I loved seeing everybody back for school and back on school schedule and all that... really I just love school. Happens to be where I am right now.

To all you who didn't make it out last night, you missed some pretty awesome abstract art... and a few unthinkable stats about... creation. And you missed Louie Giglio. Not that I'm a big name person anyway, but it was a really good message we'll all need to hear a few more times in the future. So come and check it out next Tuesday. You know where to go.

Love you all, peace during school stresses, and happy essay-writing!

Ariel The Great - The Modern Cow-Girl

"The Modern Cow-Girl" - Meggan Michaud

Hey all, So I promised a long time ago that I would do pics of everyone in the youth group (which drove steph lang absolutely crazy with impatientness!) and a year later I have 3 done! WOW new record! Lol. I started a lot of them but then they got lost... like at galilean... oh well.

ANYWAYS, as we all know Ariel The Great is in mexico right now and is doing some awesome work through the Lord. So I did a drawing of her. Now this is another paintball based picture so girls, be patient. I'll eventually do a full faced picture of someone.

This picture is probably close to 10 hours of work. I wasn't keeping track of how long I was working on it, all I know is I worked on it a lot at Jeremy's (got there at 2:00pm) and when I got home I worked on it til 1:00 am. So I'm guessing roughly 10 hours of work.

To Ariel, I hope you like this. Thanks for being such a great paintball model lol.

Sister in Christ

~Meggan Michaud

Long Time No Blog

Yo

Well, since I check this blog all the time, and nothing's changed since Erin left (hey, is that a sign?), I decided I would post... In the wise words of Melissa, "Be the change you want to see in the world." Right?

So, small groups are (officially) over, and (nonofficially) starting again. I have to say that I'm really excited about having them continue through the summer. I think this will be a great chance for those of us who aren't leaving to keep building together, and to pray for those who are leaving. So this is a shout-out to Mark and Kristin and Katrina for leading/hosting Small Groups for the summer. Vive la Metamorphosis!

Guess what! Today I wrote my last (ok, my only) exam... and it was killer. Biology (Prest's-- if you went to Lasalle you know what I'm talking about) 2.5 hours. 50 multiple choice. 2 essays. 13 pages of foolscap. Man, it almost sounds like a reality TV show. Anyway, all this to say that... I'm done! And I know I speak for all the grads when I say it is a relief, but also a little scary. Where do we go from here? The Father knows; he will keep us.

Alright, peace out... don't forget to blog, all you metamorphosis members! And don't forget to pray for Shawna, Melissa, and Vanessa in Cat Lake and Ariel in Mexico!


ps. enjoy my pretty summer colour

Hello my friends

Hello GPSers and College and Career
Some of you may have noticed that you haven't noticed me around. Well sad but true I am not in Sudbury for the summer. I am home in the sault and liking it very much. Although I miss you guys alot.

Life is going great here. Yes I know you all wanna know...Jason is great and we are doing awesome...you can check out my blog, I finally update it so check it out.

I am still looking for a job here and Jason has applied for a tech support job at the hospital, we would love it if you guys would pray for those.

Ok this is a completely random blog but I love you guys and I miss you! Be good or the next time I am in Suds I will be you severely!
Love Erin

Is God Vain?

In the College and Career bible study, as part of the awesome Metamorphosis night, we're doing a sweet John Piper video series entitled 'The Blazing Center: The Soul-Satisfying Supremacy of God in All Things.

We just finished the second session where Piper tackles the question: Is God Vain? More pointedly: How can a God who is passionately pursuing his own glory be loving? And secondly, why would anyone want to worship a God so into himself?

In John 11 we see that God's pursuit of his own glory, and his love for us go hand in hand. It says in this passage that Jesus loved Lazarus, Mary and Martha so he stayed two more days and let Lazarus die. Now, does that make sense? If Jesus loved Lazarus, why wouldn't he rush to his side right away? Well, it was more loving to show them God's glory than to keep Lazarus alive. God knows that that which will satisfy our souls most deeply is Himself in all His glory. He knows that he is the most valuable and satisfying reality in the entire universe. He knows that during moments of adoration and self forgetfulness we are at our most joyous, and that when we are lost in admiration of Him, lost in worship of Him we are most satisfied.

God's love doesn't make much of us, as we often do to our objects of love, rather he frees us, at the price of His son's life, to enjoy making much of Him. Think of it this way; God's best expression of love is himself - there is nothing greater in the universe. If he were to hide himself from us, that would mean he hated us. But he doesn't do that! Out of love for us, he fully shows Himself in all His glory. Again, he is the most valuable and satifsying reality in the entire universe. We were not made for mirrors, we were made for standing in front of what is infinitely beautiful - namely God. In pursuing the display and exaltation of His own glory, He is pursuing the very thing that will make us most happy - himself!

Given this we should be doing whatever we can to show people that which will satisfy them forever - God. If this isn't our life's goal, then we're not very loving people!

30 HF

So I guess we found out what it's really like to be hungry... or did we? Now there's a thought to ponder... We found out what it's like to be hungry, but not what it's like to have hungry as your lifestyle.

Still, all in all, the 30 Hour Famine was a pretty sweet night. We had some heartfelt worship (I felt it... did YOU feel it???), and a good speaker, and some sweet bonding time with GPSers... funny how you get close to people when you are all exhausted, hungry, grumpy, anxious to go home AND have bad hair. Lol Yes, good times had by all.
And for all you non-faminers, what can I say but your loss! I know some of you wanted to be there, and for good reason! Hope you get a chance to do it next year (or this year if you want to help Allie out in May!).

Hunger bites. Bite back. Do the Famine

Something New...

Kristin and I talked about putting some art work up on the blogging site and throughout the GPS website.

Here is my most recent piece of a person from GPS. This is a drawing of Nathan that I did from a photo I took of him. Girls you may not be so interested in this picture, but something you may like more is comming up soon.

I know I promised a picture of everyone a very long time ago, but its been hard trying to figure out time to spend on them. Most of the pictures that I have done I've worked on during class time and therefore were projects. I have started making a picture of ALL the GPS girl (regulars).

I will be posting some drawings that you may have already seen on my deviantart account. If you want to take a look its www.megers2001.deviantart.com. Anyways, hope you guys liked it. This is part 2 of a paintball drawing series. Enjoy.

~Meggorb