Why would I be so passionate about young adults who love Jesus??? Why would I want to volunteer at a Christian conference for young adults on my 4 days off??? Even crazier than that, why would I want to rearrange my schedule so that I have to work four 12-hour shifts in a row, then fly 12 hours later to Atlanta to work really hard for 4 days, then to return tired and jet-lagged late at night, only to return to two more 12-hour shifts? Why? you ask? And why young adults???
Well, first of all I happen to HAVE 2 young adults living in my home who I love!!! And............that would be my Rory and Ian. ;)
But MOST importantly, because of my past. Saved at 17 in a small little "movie house" on Gratiot Avenue in Mount Clemens, I was with a friend that night just to see a show. Then returned to normal life in the world with no one to really show me how to follow Christ, or what to do next. So instead, I returned to the life I knew, doing as I was told, to "check the box" so to speak......... for many, many, many years. Decades in fact.
And then! Rory and Ian had that same, "AWAKENING" moment that I experienced back in that movie house on Gratiot. And thank GOD they were suddenly surrounded by people who could show them how to follow Christ. And then began our journey, the 3 of us, on individual journeys, on a family journey...... And God, being the compassionate, merciful, abundantly giving of grace God that we love, took ALL of my regret of not having truly "followed him" all those years, and decided to place on my heart, a passion for young adults. To make sure that they know what to do once they "get it."
So why wouldn't I want to be a part of PASSION? Where I can hold the doors open, and pray for and with the generations behind me? To me, this is the best part of following Jesus. This generation behind us? Oh, they get it........ and they are courageous, and bold, and on fire, and I LOVE it!
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