A few days ago I posted my status in Facebook, as “Julie is speaking louder than before.” Several long lost friends liked my status, but I’m not sure they understood the meaning behind my status. I’ve always been soft spoken, so they probably thought it meant that I’m talking louder.
But, the real meaning behind the status is found in the words of this Jeremy Camp song. About a month ago I had the opportunity to spend a week with 12 high school students at Young Life camp. If someone had told me this sometime last year that I would be involved in high school ministry now, I would have laughed. Never mind that I’m involved in high school ministry, and I absolutely love it.
Camp was probably the best week of my life (just like the tagline says) because God opened my heart to get to know 12 amazing teens. Eight of those were girls that had the opportunity to live with for a week. And for the last few weeks 3 of those girls and I have been meeting together to talk about what it means to be a Christian and how to walk with Jesus. I love their questions, and I love watching them take steps to be more like Christ.
This song captures how I feel about these students. I want to speak louder than I did before about the Hope that I have that is the only sure and solid ground.
We are, we are in desperation
We need to reach this generation
We are speaking louder than before
We are the hope that’s been forgotten
We have the love that will be brought and
We are speaking louder than before
Everything’s so surreal
But this urgency I feel
We should be reaching out to all these desperate pleas
Oh, the need is real can’t you feel it the call it revolution
My beating heart is breaking for them
That’s why I’m speaking now
That’s why I’m speaking now
