Let our SHOUT be Your anthem! We are here for You!

OH MY STARS. I don't know where to begin with all this Passion business! I honestly am so overwhelmed with what God is doing in my heart right now that I don't think I could even write a decent blog post on what was going on in my world if I tried. This is what I know: The rest in the Lord that I have been getting over Christmas break had done great things for my soul...The things God has been teaching me through his Spirit over the past few months are coming out all over the place these past few days. I am here for a reason...God has my attention and I think it's at the exact moment it needs to be...I was almost gone last semester. I don't mean gone, like leave my faith...I mean back in my "pit"...my habitual sins, my pity parties, my dark hell hole. Faith, a relationship with Christ shouldn't be the roller coaster I let be. Sometimes I get pushed in my pits, sometimes I slip all by myself, and sometimes I dive right in on purpose because it's just comfortable there. I have had many an arm pull me out...a temporary fix. But finally, I think I have found some firm, solid ground to sink my heals into. I am not going to make a dramatic "I am going to change, things are going to be different from now on" declaration. I just want to be honest. All I can tell you is that Christ is working on my heart and  the place I am at right now is: willing.

I have had the immense, and I mean immense, pleasure to listen to this lady speak all morning...

She is somehow all up in my head...She seemed to know exactly what I am experiencing in life right now...well, I guess that would be God in my head since He is the one definitely speaking through that precious woman.

When I digest a little more of what God is doing I will be sure to let you sweet readers and friends know!

Until then here are some pictures from New Year's Eve...

Table set for company :)

Gabby and Jess

Holly and Katy...We are happy Katy is back home and proud of her for serving for a whole semester!

Sparkling Grape Juice..Yummmm

Josh enjoying our "treasure" of a recliner

Man make fire! ha ha

A nice candid shot :) Katy says "mmmmmm good."

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here are a few pics of  the besties and I in our hotel before going to worship this morning

We're going to see Lacrae tonight!!!!!!!!

By the way, I am very sorry if you're not here because 22,000 students are worshipping Jesus and it's quite an experience! But the good news is you can still be apart of what is happening here by clicking on the live stream on the 268generation website! Speaking of experience...I prayed and prayed before I came that I would not come and mistakenly worship an experience and though I am delighted that I am seeing the speakers and bands that lead us in our Christian movement, seeing my God at work in their lives...feeling his hand upon my own heart as he reveals his will to me is what is going down!

Update on Daddy:

God has blessed us! His cancer has appeared to not have spread and he only has some minor surgery coming up. Continue to pray but thank you so much for all the intercession you have already taken part in. There is such power in prayer in the name of Jesus Christ!

Blogging my Battles and Blessings,

Amber Marie