i'm back

I just got back from the passion 06 in Nashville or NASHVEGAS(as some folks call it).. It was actually better than I expected (i really wasn't expecting too much). I went with the Gathering.
I was so lucky to share my time with some wonderful people who have blessed me more than they will ever know. I met up with my good friend Christina(shaw)Daniels who just got married and is living in Nashville with her husband Paul.. But the reason we were there was to worship and that is what we did. I learned and re-learned some things..
As a job I work at a church and it is so easy to get jaded about what goes on at church and the purpose of it.. etc.. But I kinda feel renewed and released from some things I felt that I had placed upon myself. One thing that stuck out to me was something that Chris Tomlin had said that one thing he had to get over was that--"it doesn't depend on me--God doesn't NEED me" with or without me He will do what needs to be done. But I need him and my worship is to serve him in whatever I do. That was such a revelation to me --I feel like i've been so self-centered in thinking that if something I need to do it all and if it doesn't get done that it will inhibit the kingdom of God. Now that doesn't mean that I shouldn't do everything with excellence or to the best of my ability(Col.3:13). It's just for me to know that God is in the details and he's already gone before us and knows the outcome and he is in control.

I've posted some pics of the trip at a new flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14294771@N00/show/
(some pics got funky while uploading and some flickr wouldn't let me rotate but they are fun nonetheless)