so it is my birthday today, and I guess I am officially not a teenager anymore.

I am going to the Braves game tonight with my friend anna, which should be a lot of fun...I just hope it doesn't rain (I bought tickets like a month and a half ago).

A big group of us (me, anna, britta, dan, meredith, cami and elise) went to go see charlie hall last night at north point like I said in my previous post. he is always amazing and last night was no exception. the way he can lead you to the throne of God and let the spirit move through sometimes such simple songs is really cool. brad horton (used to be 2nd in command at passion) is north point's college minister, and he spoke on identity and upgrading who we are to be in line with who God is rather than downgrading ourselves to be in line with things of the world that take up our time and passions. they split up into small groups after charlie played again, but we didn't know anybody, and the groups were setup for people who go to the georgia colleges, so we decided not to go. charlie came up to me after the set and started talking to me, which was cool, because he really knew me and remembered that I went to ao. we are trying to get them to come again next semester, and he was really excited about the possibility, even though they may be in the middle of recording their next album at that time. I also got to talk to dustin and brian for a bit, which was cool because we talk on their message board quite a lot. there are like only 6 people, including the three of us, that are on there all the time, so it was cool for us because we knew that we had talked about certain things on the message board. anyways, yeah I am pretty much a dork.

God is amazing and never ceases to show me new things. I have been unable to sleep well the past week or so, because there has been a lot on my mind...not bad stuff, its all good, there's just a lot of it...but anyways, God really put on my heart to open up to 2 Cor. a couple nights ago, so I got outta bed at about 2:30 and opened up to chapter 3. the chapter really has nothing to do with what I was thinking about, but it was really really cool anyways. here are a few verses that i love:

4-6 Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant -- not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

9-12 If a ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

16-18 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit