Okay, so day one (officially) of Encounter was awesome. No doubt about it. The worship was incredible, the classes were amazing, Brad Eason was the keynote tonight, and Taylor Mason was hilarious as usual!
The first class we went to was called Aliens and Exiles. Judging by the name, I'm sure you can figure out what this class was all about. He talked about how we needed to be aliens in this world, and be in the world but not of it. What is an "alien" really? And no, I'm not talking about the little green guys in outer space. An alien is someone that doesn't belong, it is someone who is out of their comfort zone and out of their normal every day life style. Christ calls us to be aliens in this world. We are called to go out and preach the gospel every moment we can to those who haven't heard. If we aren't uncomfortable, we aren't doing our job right.
The second class we went to was called There's an App for That. The main point of this class was to not take the easy way out. In our world today, almost everyone has an iPhone, iPod, iPad, iEverything. Need to find a restaurant? There's an app for that. Need to know the definition of word? There's an app for that. Need to lose weight? ...There's kind of an app for that. In the class, we were given a tub. The tub had a dictionary, a map, a phonebook, paper, crayons, and then an iPhone or android. Instead of looking up a word in the dictionary or finding the mileage from Lubbock to Abilene using the map, everyone went straight to the phone. Why? Because there's an app for all of those. Unfortunately, though, in life there aren't apps to fix your problems. If there were, I would download every single one of them. With our real life problems, we can't take the easy way out. There isn't an "app" for that. GOD is the only thing we can use to fix our lives. He doesn't always make it easy, but He does listen to us, and we don't have to download Him. He comes with the package.
The third class was called Shame. This class was probably the best out of the three, and my personal favorite so far. We all have shame, because we are human. It's natural to feel embarrassed about something in life. Whether it be what kind of music we secretly like, or what movies we watch, or even playing Just Dance. (That game is intense and can get pretty embarrassing at times). But you know what? WHO CARES?! During the class, each person got a mask to wear. It was dark and there were four different places to go. There was karaoke, Just Dance, Tron (for the girls) and Princess Diaries 2 (for the guys). Oh, and a "Female Flatulence Station" for girls (hahaha). Once every one had their mask on, nobody knew who anybody was. So nobody was ashamed to watch the movie or play the game. But would we have done that if people could see who we were? That was the main point that was made. In life, we don't do certain things because we are ashamed. We don't tell people certain things because we are ashamed. Well, we shouldn't be.
Each day I choose a song from worship that spoke the loudest to me. The song I chose today was In Christ Alone.
"No power of hell
No scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from his hand
Till he returns
Or calls me home
Here in the love of Christ
I stand."
This part of the song is my favorite. Always and forever I will stand in the love of Christ Jesus, and nothing will take me away from that. Ever.
I love the movie Holes, don't you?
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