 When our spiritual ancestors were in revival, they did so because they were in need of something. There was something they needed, and they believed that God was the best option to get that need met. Why? Because we need to revive ourselves. To combat the sense that life is useless and worthless. Our phrase with Dickens said in 1859 in his book, A Tale of Two Cities, this is the Michelle Hughes version. If you are among the 1%, it is the best of times. If you are among the working poor, the disenfranchised, it is the worst of times. If you live with the constant threat of violence, it is the season of darkness. My brothers and sisters, everybody I know is waiting on something. Workers are waiting for payday, students are waiting to graduate, young people are waiting to get older, older people are waiting to retire. Sick people are waiting for healing, lonely people are waiting for relationships, tired people are waiting for rest, hurting people are waiting for help. Unemployed people are waiting for jobs, distressed people are waiting for deliverance, and some of us are just waiting for church to be over. So how do you bring people into the light of hope and grace while they are struggling through dark times and spaces in their lives? That same struggling, tired, faithful living is what lights this world up. What? That's the fun news. Aspiration, empty and broken, we cry out to God. That's the only time God could get in. I'll receive power. My imagination. My discovery. It'll be all of you.