This is my first blog, so a little grace would be much appreciated. I guess I should start off with a bit about myself. I am 19 years old, grew up in San Diego, California, & I have an absolutely wonderful family made up of a mom, a dad, a younger brother, & myself. I play the guitar & the piano & sing & write & paint. My three favorite foods in the whole world are doughnuts, bacon, & mac & cheese. I laugh a lot & cry a lot. I'm really good at wasting time. But more than anything, I am a lover & loved one of God.
I am currently in the School of Revival & Reformation at the University of the Nations in Kona, Hawaii. It is part of an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM), who's purpose is to know God & make Him known. I've been in the school for about two & a half months now for what we call the 'lecture phase', & in 19 days I will be leaving on an outreach to the East Coast of America for two months & then to Israel for one month. My team of ten is an amazing group of young people who have come together with a common goal-to be a true, living example of authentic community based on the raw & deep love of God, centered around the presence of the Holy Spirit, bringing revival & reformation to the churches & college campuses of America.
I have grown incredible amounts in the last couple of months in many different ways. For one, the Lord has brought me into full confidence of the sound that I carry & am called to release. He's given me an ear for the melodies & harmonies of heaven, a heart that beats parallel to His, & lips that have been anointed to sing that which I hear & feel. All of this of course is not for my own benefit or identity-being prone to fear & timidity, I am the least likely to make it very far without the divine take-over of the Lord.
Something that the Lord has most recently been speaking to me is this, "If you want to fly with Me, you must first get down on your knees, & just be with Me." Here's the deal you guys, if we want to see a revival that brings the return of the King in our time & fulfill the destiny of our generation, we need to be willing to humble ourselves & spend face time with our Creator. He just wants to be with us. This is why my biggest prayer for our generation is that we would truly encounter the love of God. When we realize how in love with us He really is & that He is more committed to us than we could ever be to Him, we can't help but respond & reciprocate with our love & simple devotion-this is when the things of earth grow strangely dim & the reality of heaven becomes clearer than ever. When we understand that He is all about us, how can we not make it all about Him? Because this is the truth: it is all about Jesus. We love because He first loved us. This is what I want to see in our generation. This is revival.
