A few brief Catalyst reflections

Now that my Catalyst hangover has begun to wear off I have started to reflect a little bit on what happened last Thursday and Friday at the Gwinnett Arena in Duluth, GA. I did not get to see everything because I was working during the midst of the conference, but what I did see was absolutely amazing. So here are a few brief things from those two days of God's movement;

• Francis Chan is amazing. All he did was talk about Jesus and the Resurrection and I cried. God used that time to mend some brokenness in my own heart from the previous week or so.
• All the music was quality. When you go to North Point and here Steve Fee and Eddie Kirkland and then have Aaron Keyes lead worship at your office, it can be easy to forget the amazingly gifted God has made them. I am very appreciative of their time and talent.
• The widowed and orphaned really are on my heart. A few years ago I'm not sure this was true, but Christ has changed me to be closer to His purposes. It hit home this year as Catalyst had focused on the orphaned and dispossessed children of the world and my heart began to cry out for those things.
• People leave the craziest stuff behind. Since I'm a Catalyst intern I have been tasked with tracking some of this stuff (at least for the next week). Besides Bibles, journals and note books, I found: reading glasses, clothing, makeup kits, and keys. I mean honestly who leaves their keys!?!
• God really has a hand of blessing on this movement. Seeing all the things that could have gone wrong. Seeing all the things that had to align just right for the Catalyst experience to be what it was, I am certain of two things. 1-satan is trying to ruin what is happening here and 2- God IS protecting this for His greater purpose. I know no other way to say it, but God is doing something through Catalyst right now, and I want to thank Him for that because it is wonderful.

I will probably being doing more Catalyst reflections in the coming weeks as I re-listen to talks and gain very specific content from the amazing speakers. But I hope for now this shows a little bit of my own experience of this incredible week.