Last week my sister and I went to a Chris Tomlin concert. Needless to say It. Was. AWESOME! Music has always been a huge part of my worship and the easiest way for me to connect with God. That night was no different. Great music. Awesome people. God’s love was so evident that night. People young and old were on their feet, hands stretched to the sky belting out the words to each song and praising God with all they could. One of the songs that night stuck out most to me as I am preparing to go out into the world and spread Gods love. It is titled “I Will Follow” and I posted it above.
Part of the chorus says “How you love, I’ll love/How you serve, I’ll serve/ If this life I lose, I will follow you”. I want nothing more than to love like God loves, to serve like He does. One of my prayers for the World Race is to fully understand what it means to lose my own life and hand it over to God and follow Him!
The whole night was filled with great moments and times to reflect on how amazing God truly is and the best part was I got to spend this night with my sister. Being five years apart in age often left my younger sister, Mary, and I in very different places in life. The last four years have been no different with her in high school and me 3 hours away in college, but this summer we are both home and I am trying to spend more time with her before we both leave on our next adventures in life; college for her and the world for me! Even though she is my younger sister, I have looked up to her for quite a few years; both literally (yes, she is taller than me! Thanks for the reminder…) and figuratively. My sister’s faith is something I long to fully grasp. She loves God with a passion that I don’t see in many people. She trusts in Him with all she has and inspires all those around her to do the same. You can see it in the way she praises God in all she does. With arms stretched toward Heaven that night at the concert I was once again reminded by my sister how great our God is. I am constantly encouraged by my sister’s faith in God. I think her post from that night says it best, so I am just going to copy it here:
“My sister took me to a Chris Tomlin concert for my birthday 🙂 every time I reach a spiritual high and surrender everything to worship God, God blows my mind and takes me higher than I thought I could ever go 🙂 if our God is with us, who could ever stop us? And if our God is for us, what could stand against us? ♥”
