6th anniversary

         So I'm sitting at the warehouse right now, listening to my beautiful church rehearse and watching a flashback of how we grew as a church. It's so weird to think that I started going to church 6 years ago. It's weird to think about how the church has changed, and how the people have changed, and how I have changed in the past 6 years. It's such a short amount of time but its so long at the same time. So much has happened, my life has changed one hundred percent. Journey has become a significant part of who I am and what I do. But I feel like I just started attending here. I could make the argument that I left church for a while and that's why it feels like a short amount of time. But I came back to church 4 years ago. I've been serving with the children for 4 years. Attending Journey Students and now Journey College group for 4 whole years. I'm a complete part of Journey as Journey is a complete part of me. Which is weird to say. Because Journey Church is not the building we worship in it is the people who have attended here, who do attend here. And I'm a part of them. And they are a part of me.
      Now I sound like an Avatar movie, or Pocahontas maybe. Saying we're all a part of each other. But it's true. We are all a part of the church. The global church. As christians we all have that in common. We are a part of the bride of Christ together. Its like when you see a car with a logo of your favorite team on it, you fee like you have some crazy secret bond with that person. But its different. When you meet another believer have a deeply rooted bond with that person. You know you will hang out with that person in heaven one day and that you can be comfortable about your faith with that person. And more than that, the exact same Holy Spirt that lives in your heart, lives in their heart. That is a supernatural bond. So every Christ Follower is a part of me and I am a part of them because Christ a part of us.
      Thinking of that and of the people who have walked with me on my journey these past 6 years and continue to walk with me on my journey makes my heart stir. Today we're remembering who we are and and who we were. We're remembering where we are going and who connects us. Not that things have always been good. We have as much drama as any other relationship based setting. But we try to forgive and forget. Because God forgives and forgets. Because God has gotten us here. He works in us to make our church successful to bring Himself glory.
     So I'm posting this to thank God for what He has done with our church. What He has done with our lives. And I'm posting this to commend all the people who have given their lives to make our church a success. And to encourage everyone who ever encouraged me on my walk. Because I know all those people would feel blessed to know that their work at Journey has changed my life.