So, I'm officially in Tennessee. Almost all of the bags are unpacked, I've had my first youth event (New Year's Eve party) and my first talk from the pulpit. Now, I'm in Atlanta, Georgia for the annual National Conference of Youth Ministers. It's been a whirlwind couple weeks but it's been great. Yesterday was especially amazing...
You ever have those spiritual days where you feel like you're 17 years old again and it's the last night of summer camp? All of the right songs are sung at just the right time, the speaker says all of the right words and tells you that "make a decision in the next 240 seconds that you won't regret". This guy named Jon Ross who is also known as the "Jesus Painter" was here and painted a picture of Christ on the cross with his head hung and the words on the top of the painting went from "Love" to "Lover" to "Over" and "Flow" as the painting went on. There were times where I couldn't continue to sing because I felt like I was going to bust into tears.
The theme for the weekend is "Over Flow". The purpose is for us to overflow in our passion for Christ so that others see it. The last couple of days I've been overflowing in emotion, eagerness, anticipation and excitement in getting this new job and ministry started. I'm just hoping that God and my congregation will allow me to pace myself so I can process all of the "overflow".
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