I was at service meeting recently and I came to a realization.
The TNC (True North Conference) happening this year isn’t an ETNC (Eastern True North Conference)! It’s a Legit TNC where youth from all over Canada will be participating in!
I know you are probably wondering why I’m getting worked up about this, well it’s because it totally slipped my mind until now.
I got really excited when I realized this and then I came to a deeper realization summed up by two questions.
“Since when did I stop being excited for the Lord?”
“Why have I not been this excited for such a long time?”
I can vividly remember my earlier years in CFC- Youth where every little thing excited me. I was excited to attend meetings, to have fellowship, to have general assemblies, to be present at mass, and to pray. Everything was so exciting and inspiring at the beginning of my journey and every part of me wanted to serve the Lord.
In time this excitement faded and I think it’s because I have been given more and more responsibilities, duties, and expectations. The excitement became work and the work became routine and almost mechanical in all its structure and intricacies. However, the final realization I had in this series is that there is nothing…. and I mean NOTHING more exciting than the Lord. I am not excited for the TNC per se, I am excited to meet the Lord there through all my brothers and sisters in Christ. I am excited to Celebrate God’s faithfulness and graciousness to the community for the past twenty years.
The Lord has shown to me the beauty of living for Him through community and its mission, through loving and serving Christ in the people within this community and beyond, and most importantly through allowing me to make him the center of both my spiritual and physical life in actively partaking in the sacraments.
This upcoming TNC is a testament of God’s Love for everyone in this community including myself. So let’s all be EXCITED for what the Lord has in store for us in this True North Conference as He affirms us and reminds us of the beauty of a life spent for Him.
