GOSPEL - my way to faith

Maata Näkyvissä -festival

Have you ever heard about Maata Näkyvissä -festival? It´s the Nordic countries biggest gospel festival and it´s in Finland. This year it was last week´s weekend. I think you have heard about some bands that have been performing there. For example LZ7, Twelve24 or Hawk Nelson. Maybe you haven´t but I suggest them for you.

Gospel music has changed me really much. It has brought me to faith and it thought me to accept myself. I didn´t want to accept I´m believing in God, before I found gospel. And after that it took a little time. Gospel music taught me that it´s okay to believe and if my friends don´t allow me as I am, they aren´t real friends. 

I found gospel music after my confirmation camp, when I started to be more involved in congregation´s events. Before that I didn´t want to talk anybody abouth my faith. My friends didn´t believe, so I thought that it´s not okay. I was bullied in primary school, not because if believing but for another reason I don´t actually know. I didn´t want to take a chance to be bullied again. When I started to be in events, I started to listen to gospel. And then I started to accept myself. But still I didn´t want to admit my faith. Half year later, when I talked about believing with some of my friends, I decided I can´t hide it anymore. I´m ready. Then I told them. I think some of my friends still don´t know about this fact, but I don´t care if they find out. I´ve decided to be myself. 

Few months ago I found my favorite gospel band. It´s a Finnish band called Herz. Herz´s songs are in Finnish. They have taught me so much. If someone´s songs has changed my train of mind, it´s them. At Maata Näkyvissä -festival I finally met them. I was so excited. It was amazing. After meeting them I was so happy. One of my friends almost got fed up with me and my other friend, because we only jumped all the time (not really, he was only joking). The happiest part of this is that we didn´t only met them at their meet&greet. We saw them also few times after that and went to talk to them. My dream came true. They also remembered us after first time. 

After festival when we were going home, we read an article about the singer of Herz. It made me value her so much more. Then I also sent messages for the singer and the basist, ´cause they were the guys we talked with. We thanked them about weekend and about that they have been in so big part in my life. They answered and I felt so happy. They also liked my Instagram-pictures and I almost started to cry of happiness when I saw it.

Yeah, I´m kinda fan girl. Embarrassing... Not really, not shamed of it! So much respect for Herz!!

After Herz I found KLS. and Hawk Nelson. If you don´t understand Finnish, you should listen to Hawk. It´s also an amazing band! I love their song that´s called Drops in the Ocean. 

I listen also Hillsong and many other bands, but because Herz has been the most important, I decided to write only about it. If I wrote about every gospel bands, this post would be reeeeeally long. It´s already, so maybe I don´t make it any longer...

I add some hyperlinks so you can go listen to some of my favorite bands.

Have a nice week everyone!
>JENNA

Me and my friend with Herz.

Listen to Herz here.

Listen to Hawk Nelson here.

Listen to LZ7 here.

Listen to Twelve24 here.

Listen to KLS here.