Catalyst: Day 1

October 06 2005
He is holy, and the whole earth is full of His glory!

- Our goal then is not to steal his glory but to magnify it!

So I come to you tonight from a really comfortable bed, in georgia, after a really long day. Last night we left after AO and got into Atl. at around 4:15 here. Then we got up at 7 to head to the first session. It's been a long day, but very very eventful...

Events of the day:

- Singing praise with 9000 college leaders. it occurs to me at this point that this is a little like heaven. We just sit around and adore him all day long, but this should be our goal in day-to-day living. To adore Him by the way we live. Why does worship feal so natural... almost instinct? BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE WERE CREATED TO DO!
- I'm NOW officially in the Guiness(sp?) book of world records!
- Louie G rocked my world.
- Donald Miller is absolutely amazing... he speaks just like he writes...
- Brought to tears when God answers a prayer and shows me just how needy i really am!
Oh Praise the One

Who paid my debt

And raised this life

Up from the dead


At one point in my life I had a crimson stain that covered my life becuase of my sin. Then Jesus, in His grace, washed it as white as snow!



- I was in the world debut of a 10 minute preview of footage of "Narnia". No one else in the world has ever seen the movie and they showed us an unfinished clip at the end tonight. It was awesome... yeah. The effects are amazing.
- I slept 2 hours in the last 40...
- We got drenched on the way in today, then froze through two sessions.
- Christian Stanfill lead worship... good stuff!
- The dude played the fiddle again... they did "Come Thou Fount"
- I lost my voice
- had a 3 hour debate on Arminanism vs. Calvanism

this is a little different than my usual blog, maybe b/c im dillerious at the moment, so im gonna end this here and probably delete it later...

Catalyst has been awesome so far.... tomorrow is Erwin McManus... lookin forward to that...

I'm lookin for direction on some things at the moment, so next time you have a conversation with our maker, if you wanna remember that, I'd appreciate it.

All In,
justin

Rachael Vance

October 06 2005
i know u don't like it when i read your blog, but it is good, and i am glad u are having a good time. be careful!

Bethany Bratcher

October 06 2005
Hey Justin! Who did you go to Catalyst with? I looked it up and it sounds like an awesome conference! I wish I was there! Just out of curiousity, what was the final conclusion on the arminanism vs. calvinism debate? Hope you have a great time tomorrow and that you are able to get some sleep!

trumpetjaz

October 07 2005
wow, looks like God is rockin your world. i love it when He does that.

Amy

October 07 2005
I'm officially not in the Guiness book of world records too...?

bonin4him

October 07 2005
awesome! seems to me that God's blowin ya away which is always completely amazing! i've been listening to Kristian's cd a lot lately (got it while we were @ big stuf)...and God's doing some powerful stuff through him and his music...and i'm so jealous you heard "Come Thou Fount" w/ the fiddle...

Garrett Haynes

October 08 2005
dude that's messed up! I had the same thing happen to my car except minus the flour and add a buttload of silly string. Gahhhh its sooooo frustrating nothing makes me angrier!!!!! LOL.

Amy

October 09 2005
What did you do to get in there?

Carrie McComas

October 09 2005
I had a friend who went to Catalyst, too. I wish I could have gone. He's impossible to deal with now as well. So jealous...

Garrett Haynes

October 09 2005
Thanks for the suuuper advice about the car pranks Justin, you are truly the man. ~Garrett