Two MOVE events have already happened (IN and TN1), four MOVE events are going on as I write this (CO/NV/MI1/TN2), and there are 15 more MOVE events to go.

I sit in my chair back at the MOVE headquarters (also known as Christ In Youth Inc.) and I think about how it takes an entire year to plan just a few months of the MOVE tour.  There is always a feeling of…”Is this going to work?” right before we leave.  From registration policies, all the way to lighting rigs and projectors, there is always some dust to brush off and things to get ready to go for the summer.  Yet God always, let me say that again for impact, He always comes through despite how much or how little we have prepared.

This summer is already off to an awesome start. We have been blessed with a very capable summer staff.  We have been blessed by youth ministers having patience with us during crazy registration days.  We have been blessed to partner with Active:Water, an organization that is trying to tackle the world’s water crisis.  We are simply blessed.  God continues to move behind the scenes, He continues to  grant us grace.  That’s what is awesome about our God:  that His love is unconditional, it knows no bounds.  We can read about this and be encouraged in 1 Timothy.  Paul experienced this firsthand in the early part of his life.  His story reminds us that no matter how far off base we’ve gotten with God, His love is sufficient.  No matter how big of a sinner you think you are, God’s grace can reach the worst.  No matter how well you plan a MOVE event, people will see God is way bigger and way better than any week at MOVE.

Dust is always going to accumulate.  We just need to remember that Christ can wash us clean.  He can shake the dust off, he can make us new.