It's Been A While
Ok, I'm not even sure where to start. So I am now 22. That seems really odd to say that. I'm getting old. Christmas was great. I love family time and good food and gaining like 10 pounds. Who doesn't? lol Then came my friend Ashley's birthday. A bunch of us went up to Canton(above Atlanta) to spend the night with her and hang out. We went to Underground and to Hard Rock. It was lots of fun. Next was New Years!!!! It was loads of fun. The Peach Drop is always amazing. Jess, Jen, Asha and I all went together and stayed in the Hampton in on North Druid Hills Rd. If you keep driving eventually you will come to it. We got a little lost. Anyways fun times. Moving on.... Then there came Passion. It is a College Convention that was held in Nashville, Tenn. There were approx. 18,000 college students there. God really taught me a lot this week. He also brought many things to light in my life that I need to change. I'm still shuffling through all of my mental file cabinets that are full of things that were talked about and discussed there. It was a unique experience. Mostly I enjoyed the breakout sessions that we went to with Beth Moore and Ben Stuart. I got the most out of them. They are both amazing speakers. I also came to the conclusion that you don't have to be with 18,000 people to worship God. Not that worshiping with that many is wrong, but I am comforted that I get the same feeling no more or no less, the exact same feeling worshiping myself alone in my car or at Sojouners. I was faced this week with and attack really. It was God and Satan fighting in my head all week long. As they fought I was listening and it just made me a wreck all week. At one point I got sick and threw up. It centered around the worship sessions. I did not like them at all. If our Hotel had been close enough I just wouldn't have gone to them period. To me the were fake. They were basically a concert with someone who gave a short speech. Most people loved these sessions and worshiped God and cried and lifted their hands. But as this was going on I just felt as though they were just on an emotional high, just as you get at football games and six flags. And it was very apparent at times that people were just there for the bands that performed. Even though I did not like the sessions I am glad that this awkwardness happened to me, the more I sit and reflect on it, I feel as though I have grown and come to a new understanding of Christianity. I didn't like Passion, but I did learn a lot from God.