The beginning of a wonderful week for me started with WinterJam Extravaganza 2013!

For those of you who don’t know, WinterJam is an annual Christian concert. This year, a total of twenty three people from my youth group went and joined ten thousand people at the Sears Centre in Chicago. I think I can speak for everyone when I say it was a blast! We all sang until our throats were sore, clapped until our hands hurt, jumped until our legs were about to collapse, but most importantly, praised God until it brought tears to our eyes.

Something started there. During this concert, God moved. When the time came, almost everyone in my youth group stood and rededicated their lives to Christ.

On the car ride home, my van leader asked us kids why we stood. That sparked a conversation and then another and another. That car ride was the best ride of my life. Prayer, praise, confessions, expectations, reality, hurts, concerns were all poured out.

We kids were serious about our rededication. Really serious. God is real. He’s not dead. He’s living on the inside roaring like a lion! He is surely alive!

But life isn’t always a “ride”. There’s something big about to happen. We all feel it. Some struggle or battle. Life isn’t always a mountain top experience. There are valleys too. But God will see us through.

All us kids that stood are keeping in contact with each other. We decided we wanted to start the day out with a song of praise. Over facebook, we are sharing worship songs, bible verses, and just encouraging each other everyday to serve God and surrender to his perfect will.

There’s one song that has a special meaning for all of us. Tobymac sang it, and we sang it on the ride home. Then in church the next day it was sung for worship. And even in other places like my friends sign language class the song was played. I’d like to share it with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

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