Spark 2015: Awake Theme
/We spend the majority of our lives looking for meaning, purpose, who we are, what we have been created for…as we are looking the light fades, clarity goes, distraction creeps in and we can find ourselves sleepwalking through life.
This may sound deep but it is reality…and when I say we I am talking about myself.
The reality is that we or I am asleep. I don’t want to be asleep. I want to be awake. I want clarity. I want light…we want light. With light comes recognition, realization, understanding and the ability to AWAKE from sleep.
Last year, our first year, we were blessed by the gift that Spark brought us. It moved. It was something that stirred emotions. In some ways it happened spontaneously, or at least it felt like it…we know that nothing is an accident. But it sparked - no pun intended, well maybe a little - experiences that left a mark. That is exactly what we pray for. That Spark leaves a mark on everyone that comes. Everyone.
So, this year I am extremely excited to see, hear, even feel the marks that are left on all of us. We are blessed in having an incredible lineup of Speakers : Hugh Halter, Bob Sorge, John Richmond, David & Patrick Nelson, Beth Guckenberger, Veronica Tutaj, Pat Goodman, Noel Brewer Yeatts, Roger Bain and Mike Massey. Start imagining the sweet moments that will arise as each speaker, Christ Follower, allows Christ to have His way with their time and bless all of us with a divine touch. The coolest part is that He has laid the plan. He has created the lineup for this year. We get to sit back and be in His presence. How cool is that? At a Christian Conference in Roanoke, VA, on the east coast, you can sit and not have to work for His presence. Sit and wait - better yet - bask in His presence. We are and will be blessed.
Getting back to the distractions that I was mentioning before…if we are asleep, what do we want? We want to be AWAKE. We want to be awakened from the sleep that distracts us from the life that has been laid before us and that has been beautifully and wonderfully made. Wow, can you imagine what is going to take place? If you can’t start to imagine what is going to happen, how HE will show himself, how HE will Wake us up!
Join us this year, March 27th and 28th 2015, and experience the theme at Spark – AWAKE!
- Richard
