HPC= Coolest Place on the Planet

Chris I are considered going to 5pm Saturday service this weekend rather than our usual 12pm Sunday service because his grandparents were coming to visit and we didn’t want to be rushed. However, we just got some stuff done Saturday night and decided that 12pm was where we should be… Boy, was that a God thing! Yesterday’s service was a very emotional one for me. Though the message was great, as always, it had nothing to do with the amazing encounter I had with God.

All 300+ kids that had been experiencing an awesome Amplified retreat weekend attended that service. During worship, they were all down at the front (chairs cleared), jumping around, praising Jesus, completely in love with Him. Worship was incredible and went on for almost 45 minutes. As I worshiped my Creator, I fell in awe of my overwhelming desire to see Presley down there in 11 or so years. I prayed that she would have boundless, limitless, passionate, burning, bold, crazy fire for Jesus and that she would worship Him with reckless abandonment like so many of these kids do.

I realized that in a little more than ten years, the kids that were down there now will be back where I stood, watching the next generation of crazy worshipers of Jesus. I yearn to know that my child will be down there, being led by some of the kids who are there now. Just like Pastor Dino poured into Mike, and Mike poured into Jason and Tyler, the kids in our youth group now will one day pour into my babies. I have such a deeper appreciation for the pastors and leaders whose lives revolve around these kids.

I pray that Presley is a righteous, holy, radical disciple of Jesus Christ who will stand strong in the face of temptation and love nothing more than worshiping Him. I pray that she is a 10x better person, Christian, sister, wife and mother than I am. I’ve learned it’s true that you are really willing to give up everything for your child… and she’s not even here yet.