Treading Water

Does it make sense to constantly move towards something even if it isn't there? There could be something there, something awesome.... but then again, there could be nothing.

The more and more I think about this "event" we've been planning, the more I realize we are still not doing this for the right reasons. We are all passionate about music, but praise and worship is more than that. It's not about playing music. I think I have the tendency to forget that, which is really bad.

The Unity Projekt has pretty much stopped moving toward this thing we've been talking about forever and we're rewinding a little. Patrick made an interesting point a while back. He said "I am still trying to get to the bottom of what we are trying to achieve" That pretty much sums up our event, currently.

I've rambled on in detail about what I want this event to be in a previous blog, but I think I'll give it another go. My idea for this "event" is to really motivate everyone in our youth group and non-Christians to do something. My view on life in today's society is that we grow up, go to college, get married, have kids, and die. I don't think that's necessarily what God had in mind for us. I mean, the above are things we all should do but as Christians, God challenges us to be more. Not just being loving and caring but truly reaching out to people.

I tend to think of things in such a large scale that I don't notice what is right in front of me. It's a constant struggle for me to be the loving and caring Christian that I need to be. I sometimes forget that love is big part. I think I try to go for the whole reaching out thing. That's bad too. It's something I think about everyday.

But anyways, I think that the theme of this event should be a challenge for us all to "start something." We need to have the fire in our hearts be one of those California forest fires that spreads over everyone and everything. That's a pretty paradoxical way of saying that but I think it's a pretty good analogy if you can follow me...

Anyways, Ethan and I have also thought about making Start Something some kind of youth leadership group thingy. By challenging the upperclassmen, the underclassmen will follow suit.

Start Something: Make Forest Fires!