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[juniejuneberry]

#selfie #selfiesisters Leaf, Ate Ina and I taking some selfies during #CFC #SFC #CFCyouth General Assembly :)

[terontec]

[alightofgodspresence-blog]

WNAC Diary

God's love is perfect, and his timing is even more so perfect. I spent the last weekend down in LA for a CFC-Youth conference (I'm currently still here), and boy oh boy did God ever call me out at this conference. I had such an amazing time at conference! I met so many amazing people, and I definitely rekindled my friendship with God. Prior to the conference, I felt very stagnant in my faith, and I was quickly losing my motivation and reason as to why I served and even just loved God. The conference helped me realize how much brokenness I still had from the past year or so. Yes, I turned to God in the times that I needed him, but I also only turned to him at those times (As well as the times that I felt the "spiritual high"). Other than that, I hadn't really worked much on my relationship with Christ, which is why the fuel to the burning desire for Christ in my heart was running dry. Little by little, the doors of my heart were slowly closing on God, and I was allowing other things to take place in my heart. My desire for true and authentic love, lead me to search for the temporary happiness that I thought was pretty amazing. I spent more time on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and other forms of social media to look for validation from others. In all actuality, the only validation I ever need is from The Lord himself. I started filling my heart with things that would fill my heart like a bamboo plant, but these things caused more emptiness rather than feelings of fullness and love. At conference, I found that true love that only God could give me, and I've never felt more loved by God ever in my life. At conference, I also started realizing how much true joy had been sucked out of my life over the past year or so. It was hard to realize that the person I was 2 years ago, was so different from the person I was at the time. 2 years ago, versus now, I laughed a lot more, was more open to others, more comfortable with who I was, and overall just more happy and joyful. The past year, I had lost the person I was. I suppressed that person, and I was constantly stressed and burned out by school work and other things. The past year, was my lowest point, yet looking back, I am proud of how I was able to get through it. I now know the person I am, and I'm striving harder to be that person more often. Lastly, I recognized how much I desired true and authentic love. I realized how much my desire for love had blinded me to the truth. God is love. He gives us love, and we must give love back to him. I was searching for love from guys that were not the person that God had hand picked for me. Conference helped me realize how important it was to put God first on my list of people to love. God willingly, He gives me a man that also loves God first and foremost. I've desired that since I was born, yet growing up, I was so blinded by my desire to take control of my love life. I lost a lot of precious time obsessing over boys, and desiring a relationship, that I had forgotten He who is Love. I rekindled my love for Jesus and put him first on my list. Of course, I don't know my vocation yet either. I also felt very strongly called to religious life as well, so I do want to look into it again. It's funny though, because of recent happenings, I feel like God is giving me options. Recently I met a guy. It's weird because I don't think this is just any guy that I've liked before. There's something special about him, and my feelings around/about him are something completely new to me. I've never felt this way about a guy before. He's a pretty God Fearing man first of all. He's also very talented, and of course he's attractive. We talk, and he makes me laugh. It's weird cause the more I learn about him, the more I realize how similar we are. It scares me sometimes. Of course though, I don't know God's plans, but I do know that I should keep God first and foremost in my heart. I have worries of course about anything happening between me and the guy (long distance, maybe he's just really friendly?), but I do know that God brought him into my life for a reason. I am truly thankful to God for blessing me with such a great brother in Christ. I am so grateful, and I trust in God's love and that His timing is perfect. Whatever the cause, I know God's plan will always follow through, despite the path we take. I choose the path God has designed and desired from my from His Day 1 of me. :)

[jdduran]

CHEEHOO!!! Took over the park with the Samoan brothers Tim, @jebb_y , @_edst , @unwanted_143 , @dave_supapo 🙌 #cfcyouth #brotherhood #squad

[jdduran]

My 5th dance video. This one is a personal favorite of mine. This is also the first worship song I remember learning as I started to really grow in my faith and when I joined CFC-Youth 🙏😄 JD Duran Choreography | Here I Am to Worship by Hillsong Full video on my YouTube channel #choreography #dance #ycon2014 #igniteTNC2014 #cfcyouth

[xalyssarenae-blog]

God knew that we were in a dry period, NorCal especially as a whole, and so He formed His face in the clouds during literally right-after-conference NorCal worship session. And as soon as some of us noticed it was Him He showered us into revival, forming a storm with thunder for all to hear and see that there is a new force to be reckoned with. His army of youth. Youth that are God-fearing. Youth that are defenders of faith. And youth that are willing.

We say yes to God.

[jdduran]

This past weekend July 11-13, 2014 is a weekend I'll never forget as I attended my second CFC-Youth national conference. Going into conference I'll admit that my faith was really really dry to a point where I didn't even want to go to conference anymore. However, something kept pushing me to just go and to be there so I made a commitment to attend. I didn't know what to expect or what I was going to learn at conference even though I've been to one before. Before conference even started, a sister of mine who's been in the ministry for awhile told me that no two conferences are the same and that you just gotta keep an open mind along with an open heart during the whole conference experience. Man, she was right about all of that lol. This conference was different yet still as surreal as my first conference two years ago in Santa Clara. I'm beyond blessed and truly grateful for everything that I've experienced this weekend. From being called to choreograph and perform a praise dance to a medley of three songs for Friday night's LIVE LOUD, to taking over the second floor of the Broadway dorm building and having a spontaneous worship with a mob of brothers and sisters, to simply just seeing some old friends and making new ones and building a stronger bond with fellow members from my region, words alone can't even begin to describe how I feel right now and how I'm going to be feeling for awhile. All I can really say is that my faith has been immensely revived. However, it's not just my faith that has changed but rather I feel a change within myself as well. Just because conference is over doesn't mean that our mission of bringing others closer to Christ is finished too. Our mission is only beginning as our generation of youth is rising up to take our place. With our spiritual fire burning bright within us, our time is now, as for all things we do, we do it for Him. "I may not be able to physically stand, but with my faith I choose to stand by God." 🙏🙌😄 #ycon2014 #cfcyouth #cfcyrevival #blessed #proudtobecatholic

[imtotesawkward]

Who's going to CFC-Y conference in NINE DAYS in portland!? LETS MEEEEEET