Flower Child

When I was younger, I use to always dress like a hippie for Halloween. It was fun and it gave me a chance to write on my jeans and rip them up like the hippies. I use to sport the tie-dye shirt with my leather vest. And of course my flip flops! It was the coolest! You know it was something about the hippies that always got my attention. Not to mention that my dad use to be a hippie or flower child. The web definition of hippie is someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle. Crazy huh?!! So you are probably wondering why on earth I'm I blogging about hippies right? Well, you see on Wednesday evening, I went to church and they had this cool, worship band that use to perform back in the hippie days. LoveSong. I honestly, have never heard of them. Maybe one or two songs before. But that night, I saw the many faces of my brothers and sisters in Christ and they were so excited and singing to all the words. Just like my friends and I would if it was Chris Tomlin or Mercy Me on stage!! Some of those people were there when the movement was taking place.

The Jesus people movement. It was in 1967 many of those formerly involved in the counterculture began to proclaim that their lives had undergone a radical spiritual transformation. Many hippie addicts spoke of freedom from drugs. Testimony services revealed that something extraordinary was happening, the experience of faith in Jesus Christ among the hippies. The Jesus People Movement was a revival! And many of the world's church leaders of Calvary Chapel are now senior Pastors that were there at that time! Amazing! I really believe that no matter what era, what place, or what you look like to others, God will use you! I bet none of these hippies woke up one day and thought, "Oh hey, I'm going to church today and ask Jesus to be my Savior!" No way! they wanted some sort of peace and transformation. And that only comes from Jesus. The hippies didn't want to belong to some "religion" they just wanted to be in a loving relationship. And that is what they got! With Jesus! You always see hippies with there love posters or with there peace signs. In Matthew 22:37, Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Hippies just wanted someone to love them. They sure found it, with Jesus their Lord and Savior!