#WakeUpOlive update

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They just updated that they have done a memorial service celebrating sweet Olive's life. Wow. What an impact this toddler made! (God is always using babies ay?! )

There was something that transpired in the spiritual around the globe over the #WakeUpOlive set of events. 

I feel like the Bethel community hosted an unplanned, spontaneous round the globe and round the clock worship event to end this decade on a level that sets the CHURCH up for 2020. Kingdom things. I see no loss at all that transpired and all that was said and done. It was glorious. It was real. It was kingdom Fullstop. 

It does not and will not change their (our) heart posture, it only magnifies our hunger for more, for greater, for HEAVEN. and frankly, that's a good thing. If there were no radical expression of faith out of a place of pain, then we never really believed what we preach. All I saw transpired was FAITH in its purest form. Nothing less than that and that was stunning and heartwarming. 

"For everyone who believes is saved." This was all I kept hearing through all of these. The life/death of this sweet 2year old "woke" people up in a radical way true to her name. And that in itself is a testimony. I look forward to songs and books and healing that is coming out of this for good. 

I did not believe FOR this because I needed a sign or proof to know that Jesus is real, though some may have. It wasn't about proving a point, it was purely about a Jesus we have known and heard from. The Jesus we cling to to expect the impossible, the same Jesus that we hide in for comfort. This Jesus has been real, has been sweet, has been favorable. Always. despite and despite. 

This is the Jesus they cried for, this is the Jesus that will see them through. This is real life. Pain should always push us to faith and favor and even if it doesn't He is still God. And He is still good. I know. 🌹 
Praises from the valleys are always the sweetest form of incense. #thankyouOlive🌿  

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