January 2020....107 days.
This is a conference that my youth group, LC Student Ministries, went to last year. Now it may not seem like much but it is the highlight of my year. God works absolute wonders there. Last year I counted down the days and everyday that drew closer to the conference, this year I am doing the same thing. Although, last year i did a devotional everyday to get myself more mentally prepared for God to move and this year I have not succeed in doing them everyday. But I'm trying to get back into the habit of it.
All of the other conferences that I have ever went on I have to say this was the most wonderful one. This one brought me closer to God than all of the others had. Not bashing the others that we went on, I'm just saying that this one connected me with God in a way that could have never been accomplished any other way.
One specific event that I recall at the conference was when we were getting ready for worship and there was two girls about my age standing at the stage they were praying I suppose. I heard a voice that I had never heard so clearly before, it said, "Take a step of faith." So before I had acknowledged what I was doing I was walking up to the stage with these girls. Once I got up to the base of the stage with them I realized that they had to have been younger than me, I tapped on of them on the shoulder and told her that I was proud of her for coming up.
After we left the conference to go get something to eat, I kept thinking about them. Thinking about how God could have just used me to move in their life. How I could have just changed their perspective, and made them feel like they were not alone. One action. We never know what people are going through, so please be kind.
Strength to Stand, a name that I am still fascinated and that I cannot wait to see what God does this upcoming year.
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