Impact

Well we have one semester behind us. It has been a challenging one too. We went through 1 John. We listened as God’s word destroyed all our hopes of measuring our walk by how good we look, and destroyed all our ambitions of remaining in sin as long as we “look the part.” God’s word also proved living by rules and regulations to be an affront to the gospel. 1 John made us constantly uncomfortable with all its mention of sin and confession. We learned that in order to walk in the light, darkness must be slain; at whatever cost. The walk of the Christian is one of ultimatums. Choose Christ or darkness, life or death. There is no room for middle ground. The call to follow Jesus is radical and requires all or nothing. And Jesus is so worth it, He is without a doubt, worth everything.
We found in fellowship vitality. We caught a glimpse of how much we really need each other, and yet the only way we can see this is by falling head over heels for Jesus Christ. Dustin beat into our heads how much we need to fall in love, as opposed to falling in line with law and appearances. It has been a great year.
I hope you all have a wonderful break. I pray none of us takes a break from Christ. Keep walking in the light!

You strike the match - why not be utterly changed by fire?
To sacrifice the shadow and the mist
Of a brief life you never much liked - So if you’d care to come along we’re gonna curb all our never-ending,
clever complaining (as who’s ever heard of a singer criticized by his song?)
We hunger, but though all that we eat brings us little relief we don’t know quite what else to do,
We have all our beliefs but we don’t want our beliefs,
God of peace, we want you! –mewithoutYou “Four Word Letter”

Hello all! Well the semester is winding down, and Christmas is going to be here soon, I hope you all are having a great season. Christmas is such a great reminder of how profound God’s love is for us. God, the sustainer of all life, came as an infant. He came as a helpless infant needing care and nourishment. The God of the universe was born in a stable covered in dirt made by His own hands, born of a woman made by His own hands. Wow. I hope we can all be mindful of these things during this wonderful time.
IMPACT! was a blast. We had a great time of fellowship around food as we had a different course at a different house. We saw such great hospitality from all the homes, as we read the Christmas story together and ate together and opened some sweet gifts together at the end for a white elephant gift exchange. Among the assortment of gifts was an off the chain bling necklace , a foam pirate sword, a stash of candy, hot wheels, among many other wonderful gifts straight from the heart . Have a great week everyone. And if you’re having a bad day, just remember the wonder of what Christ’s birth!

Peace and Grace

” The first time you opened your eyes did you realize you’d be my Saviour? From the first breath that left your lips did you know that it would change this world forever.”–Relient K; I celebrate the day

On Thursday night we watched a video by Louie Giglio called Indescribable. The whole show showcases the unfathomable wonders of the universe; stars, galaxies, our galaxy, our planet, our solar system, etc. No one even knows how big our universe is, it appears to be endless. And we haven’t even begun to even look upward; we have only explored outward. But even after all the wonders of the galaxies, and stars, and planets, etc, nothing compares to what we saw; Jesus Christ on the cross. The Creator of the entire universe, the Almighty who spoke the vast, mysterious, cosmos into existence became the slaughtered Lamb for our sake, for our sins. Just think about that this week. Dwell on this: The Creator of the Universe bled for us. I pray we can all be left breathless this week because of this fact.

Peace and Grace!

“When I consider your Heavens, the works of Your fingers, the moon and stars that You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him?”–Psalm 8:3 and 4