It has been a little while since I have blogged, and to say I have nothing to blog about would be a complete lie. I am constantly going these days! Babysitting, church, trips, school, bible study, working, and the occasional rest have taken over my life and I finally have a "free" period to just sit and vent to you guys! So take a deep breath and get ready to experience the last three months in a series of posts, which will all be posted by Friday, April 13th!
Of course the first topic of discussion is PASSION 2012! There isn't enough I could say about those four days, with 44,000 college age believers, in the Georgia Dome, worshiping the only on worthy of all praise. It was absolutely incredible to say the least.
As many of you probably know, Passion always has a main cause to raise money for and to help make a difference in our world. This year the cause was human slavery and trafficking. I know right? Slavery? That was a long time ago. It doesn't happen anymore! Right? WRONG!
It is estimated that there at 27 MILLION..say it again MILLION, people, souls, lives, men, women, children, who are made in the image of God, who He loves just as much as you and me, that are trapped in the bondage of slavery. Sold for sex, and labor. And the number will only grow, unless we DoSomethingNow. So throughout the week, all 44,000 of my friends and I, lifted the cause of freedom and prayed constantly for slavery to be abolished.
We heard from so many amazing speakers including, Louie Giglio, Beth Moore, John Piper, Christine Cane, and Francis Chan. The messages that God laid on their hearts were exactly what I and many others needed to hear. We also had some of the BEST worship leaders and song writers there to lead us, Chris Tomlin, Christy Nockles, Kristian Stanfill, David Crowder, and Matt Redman.
Those people pushed us to not only care about slavery for that week, but that week make it our mission to see slavery abolished in our generation. They talked about things to get us through our college years, and for 3,000 high school senior, how to get through our senior year.
One of the greatest things I learned that week was that I do not always need to know the next thing happening, because when I focus on that, I get distracted from God's will for my life. God's will is not what I am doing next year or next week, but it is where I am now, in Keystone Heights.
Passion was never about the cool bands, the amazing speakers,
I am thankful for Passion, for my family group, (Taylor, Sara, Michael, Gage, Kyndal, Adrien, and Whitney), our leaders, the amazing speakers, and bands, the high-fiving-fanatic door holders, the GOLD CG, and the college and career class for allowing me to go. I can honestly say, that week wouldn't have been so life impacting without you.
I could go on and on about Passion, but I won't because I know you probably will not understand how powerful those four days were. If you want a small idea of how it was, I suggest you go buy the Passion 2012 White Flag CD. It is the only thing Sonny Sonata is playing these days!
I really encourage any high school junior, and college age student to go to Passion next year! Go buy your tickets and book your hotel, because next year we are filling the entire Georgia Dome, not just half. There is no other way I would want to start a new year.
SEE YOU AT THE DOME!
xoxo,
Kaylee
