Spiritual Vibrations

So Heather has been gone for two days now. (She didn't leave me, she just went to Florida to go to a wedding and get her car to drive back) I am kind of getting lonely because my wife/best friend is gone. But I've turned my focus full-force to church planting, reading, and getting to know the culture of Austin.

Austin is a really different city to say the least. My first perceptions of Austin were that consisted of cowboys, longhorns, tumble weeds, conservative republicans, country-music, BIG things (since everything is supposed to be BIGGER in Texas), and football. But to my surprise it is nothing like my originial thoughts. In fact, it is a young, hip, weird, cultural-changing, liberal, music-infested city. From what I hear it is the #1 creative city in the U.S. and #2 in being the most liberal (next to only San Fran). I'm not sure how they measure things like that, but I believe it from everything I am experiencing and seeing. Austin is even home to the largest University in the U.S. - Univ. of Texas. Everything from our current President to Lance Armstrong to Stevie Ray Vaughan find their roots in Austin. It's a city that seems to have a disproportionate and large influence on the U.S. and western culture. Sitting here I wonder how much different Austin would be if restoration and revival broke out here? I wonder what the city would look like if the power of the Gospel began to be unleashed? I wonder not only about Austin, but also how much different the U.S. would look like if these things took place in Austin? Would the U.S. feel the spiritual vibrations of Austin? What about the world? I have this gut feeling that God is doing some pretty incredible things here and the world is going to hear the voice the Christ followers in Austin very soon. I am humbled to be a part of it.

This thing is way bigger than me, so my deepest prayer is that God would use Heather and I in way that is beyond our talents, giftings, and dreams so that the world would hear and experience the Gospel of Jesus.