it's all about life change

I talked to two people yesterday who each shared with me incredible stories of life-change. Here's one of them:

Last night I met with our Aqua team. One of the team members (a college-aged single) began coming to our meetings roughly six weeks ago simply because she was looking for a place to connect. Last night she shared her story.

She said she began living with a couple from our church because she needed some help and stability. They told her that one of the requirements was that she attend church with them. She told our group that she had no interest in going to church. Her picture of church included organ music and boring preachers. She said that when she came for the first time it blew her mind.

Her words:

"There was a Harley on stage! I couldn't believe it!...And there were cool
paintings of cars on the walls...and the whole Route 66 thing was
amazing."

"And then the band started playing 'Life is a Highway' and that's one
of my favorite songs and I started thinking, this place is cool."

She began attending our Aqua meetings in search of meaningful relationships. In the meantime, she attended last month's First Wednesday (Indescribable). She told us that the images and the message made her start crying uncontrollably...she said she didn't know why. She said she thought something was wrong with her until she looked around and saw others crying too.

And then last Thursday, she had lunch with my good friend, Denny Trimmer. Denny has a campus ministry at Kent State in New Philly. Denny was able to explain to her that God is at work in her life. And by the end of their lunch together, she prayed with Denny to receive Christ as her forgiver and the leader of her life.

How awesome is God that he would orchestrate things in such an incredible way in order to reach this young lady. I mean, wow, he even used a song like Life Is A Highway to get through to her.

I'm stoked.

Keep checking my blog. Maybe I'll share the other story soon.