What does lent mean for everyone? Is it about giving something up or is it about doing something differently? Or both? How many of you have ever given something up for lent? You hear about people giving up chocolate, caffeine, meat, biting your nails, etc.....
We can give things up but what if instead of just giving something up we picked something up as well. For example: you could give up 10 minutes of playing video games a day (which is a lot for some of you) and pick up the bible and read scripture for ten minutes a day....or more. If you are giving up fast food (like this guy is) you could use that money that you would of spent on fast food to buy canned food to donate to the needy.
Is it enough to simply give something up for lent, yes. It is important that we are able to show discipline for 40 days. But this year I encourage you to think about giving something up so that you can do something that means that much more.
grace & peace
Kevin
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Striving Toward Perfection
We have talked about sharing our Faith Stories at youth a couple of times and want to continue to encourage you to do so. I was trying to think of an analogy for my faith story. I could not think of anything until Victor mentioned something in staff meeting that rang true for me and probably others as well. (thank you Victor)
Victor and others on staff are what you would call avid golfers. We are all at different skill levels but all enjoy playing. When I am playing golf the best feeling I get is when I hit a drive a long way down the fairway. Its a great feeling. I would say that I am probably at the lowest skill level of everyone on staff. I believe this is for a couple of reasons. First, I have not had any lessons. (I will shortly) And second I have not played as much on the course as everyone else.
The point is the more I practice and the more I play the better I get. And with coaching I will get better. And I'm not just talking about golf-more importantly I'm talking about my faith walk.
The more time I spend with God, the more scripture I read, the more bible studies I take, the better I get at knowing my faith story and growing in my relationship with God.
grace & peace
Kevin
Victor and others on staff are what you would call avid golfers. We are all at different skill levels but all enjoy playing. When I am playing golf the best feeling I get is when I hit a drive a long way down the fairway. Its a great feeling. I would say that I am probably at the lowest skill level of everyone on staff. I believe this is for a couple of reasons. First, I have not had any lessons. (I will shortly) And second I have not played as much on the course as everyone else.
The point is the more I practice and the more I play the better I get. And with coaching I will get better. And I'm not just talking about golf-more importantly I'm talking about my faith walk.
The more time I spend with God, the more scripture I read, the more bible studies I take, the better I get at knowing my faith story and growing in my relationship with God.
grace & peace
Kevin
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