I Am Not My Own

"Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." - Psalm 100: 3

I really didn't know what to expect this year in Atlanta. I wasn't planning on attending but ended up going because of an incredible opportunity. To be honest, I was more excited about being able to see some friends more than anything else. It was a strange experience because I wasn't as excited about the conference as much as I wanted to even though this is the biggest gathering yet! Maybe it was because Passion 2010 was such a life-changing experience and I doubted that there was no way this year's conference would come anywhere close to comparison.

It was amazing.

I have never felt so free to worship before. It was so easy to not hold back mainly because everybody else is going crazy. Along with that, seeing my friends getting into it really encourages me. I am once again reminded of what changed my life 2 years ago;

I am not my own.

To say that life has been a breeze since January would be a lie. These two years have been some of the most difficult time of my life yet. God revealed to me since then that I had many places in myself that I needed to be purged of. There have been many heart breaks, failures, an struggles. But through all that, God has revealed himself to me more vividly in these past years than he ever had in my life! Louie said that the brokenness is the bow from which God launch the arrow of healing and I couldn't agree more. Two years ago, God impressed on my hat this question,

"If my plan for your life is singleness and a career you don't enjoy, would you still follow me with joy?"

Two years later,I can echo with more conviction that "it will be my JOY to say, Your will! Your way! Always!"

You, O God, has made us for yourself and our hearts will be restless until thy find their rest in you. -- Augustine