The L.O.G. Blog: The L.O.G. High (and the crash)

The L.O.G. high. We've all felt it, right?

Even if you've never attended L.O.G., you probably have felt something like it following a week of church camp or a powerful mission trip or retreat.

Just in case, here are some photos that will bring back some memories:

The warmth - the joy - (the craziness) - the love of a L.O.G. weekend - and it even goes home with you ... for awhile, right?

Then comes the crash.

I saw the first Facebook post about the crash just three days after L.O.G. #69.

But here's the good news: it's natural. And kinda necessary.

If you lived in a perpetual L.O.G. high, you'd annoy the heck out of a lot of people, never sleep and probably need drugs to calm down enough to study.

And - then there's this old song by Amy Grant:

I'd love to live on a mountaintop, fellowshipping with the Lord,

I'd love to stand on a mountaintop, 'cause I love to feel my spirit soar

But I've got to come down from that mountaintop to the people in the valley below

Or they'll never know that they can go to the mountain of the Lord

The L.O.G. high feels wonderful, that's for sure. But even better is when you come down from "the mountaintop" and the high wears off but your life stays the same.

You're more loving. You're more accepting. You spend more time serving and caring for others. In your heart, you're singing, "I will never be the same again ...".

And people notice!

And then you can "light up the darkness" and proclaim that the "kingdom is now".

We hope you'll keep coming back to the L.O.G. mountaintop by attending Vertical Worship and signing up to serve on a L.O.G. team next season.

We also hope and pray that you'll dig in at your church or youth group (or get connected if you are not currently a part of one) and strive to live in the Love Of God everyday.

Scroll down to see a few more of my favorite photos from the recent L.O.G. weekends - but be sure to check out all the important info on the way down ...

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Hacienda "Gives Back" Fundraiser

- Tuesday, November 26

- Hacienda at 100 Center on Lincolnway in Mishawaka

- Stop by anytime, but most people will be there between 6:00pm and 7:30pm or so

And be sure to bring this coupon: