The Essential Family

tl;dr Wyoming Youth Convention is this week! You come meet Him too?

Lately in down moments I’ve been telling God, “oczekuję ciebie,” aka “I anticipate you.” It’s an invitation of mine for Him to do what He wants. Oczekiwanie is a fun word that I think of as an interjection (o) to my waiting (czekać); a glorious picture of anticipation:

Oh, I await you!

The more direct translation of oczekiwanie is expectation, but the connotation is too different. When I expect something, I have a specific outcome that I’m waiting for—a who, what, where, when, how, and why already formulated. I have come into Conventions with expectation, and I love it when I see people waiting expectantly. But that’s not what I’m trying to say when I invite Him with my awaiting.

When I anticipate the Trinity, my only expectation is Him. Maybe He’ll do something specific, maybe He’ll do something terrific, maybe my visions of fire coming down from Heaven are prophetic and not just emphatic, or... maybe He’ll just BE there. And that’s enough. It’s exciting, because literally anything could happen! And all I have to do is wait on Him.

Starting today, my down moments are fewer, shorter, and further between as we’re putting together the final details for Wyoming Youth Convention. But my anticipation is soaring through the skies! If I sit too long with my oczekiwanie, I start shaking with hope for what He could do—for what He WILL do in Wyoming this weekend! IT’S SO EXCITING! (And I want you in on this too 😱)

So whether or not you’re joining us starting Thursday night (registrations for 6-12th grade are still open! 😜), would you join me in anticipating-oczekiwajmy Him? Would you invite Him with no strings attached to come and be Himself, to come and do whatever He wants to... for Wyoming’s Youth at this momentous weekend Convention, but also for you?

If you have expectations-oczekiwanie for Jesus I’d love to hear them below 👇👇 I’ve yet to start shaking with a specific desire. But I am shaking with the possibilities available from the all-good, all-loving King stepping down from His throne to meet me and the hundreds of other young people gathering in Casper this weekend 😁🔥🙏❤️

Check this link to learn more about what this year’s Convention is about: https://www.facebook.com/wyomingyouth/videos/260793087907174/

And download registrations here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ef7de4e4b052fe385d6dfd/t/5ba26f734fa51a7fb2c24cad/1537372021156/2018+Convention+Registration.pdf

📷 cred to Josh Richards 😊🤘🔥

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