My experience at the worship conference

I went to a worship conference this past week in Indiana and it was awesome- it was refreshing, educational and worshipful. I had gone to this conference having come out of about a month of intense frustrations and letdowns. I was tired of the run around and was looking for truth- knowing I could only find it in Christ. I wasn't really excited about the conference, I was simply excited to be away from work for three days but what God did through that conference was amazing.
The worship team from New Life Church was there. This is the church that two years ago, their senior pastor Ted Haggard resigned due to moral failure then last year they had a shooting in which two young girls died. Their testimony and their song "Overcome" touched my heart intensly. To hear the things they had gone through and the impact it had on the entire congregation made me realize that my life's stresses were small and if God could bring them through those things then certainly He could do the same for me. It sounds so simple as I write it but in the moment, it was truly intense.
Mia Fields from Hillsong was there also. This was such a surreal moment for me when I got to meet her. I have loved Hillsong's music for so long and have connected with the lyrics on levels not many other songs have reached my heart. She is a songwriter and worship leader for Hillsong and her humility and her honesty were inspiring. She had a true presence of the Holy Spirit around her. It was neat to meet her. I have a picture of her and I but I promised her I wouldn't post it on the internet ;-)

I've felt the call to be a worship leader for a long time but out of fear I've never pursued it. This conference was the first time I've seen the potential in me to be a worship leader. Not because of my talent, because I don't have that much of it!, but because God has annointed me to do this and if He can use this broken, flawed girl then surely the glory would go to His name!!!!!
I'm going to make strides towards becoming a worship leader, which means I must continue to submit myself to my current leadership and learn to submit more and more to him. A leader must know how to submit before they can lead and so this is the first step in my process. I must learn to submit on new levels.

Thank you Lord for being gracious and kind. Your mercy amazes me.