Going deeper.

Yesterday my campers left the wonderful world of Fort Wilderness. It was a sad day full of tears and leaving friend who became so close to only 7 days. Isn't funny how quickly we can get close to someone? That's what these girls learned this week; getting closer to Jesus.
As I said in my previous blog, the discussion in my group was not going entirely well, but Tuesday night it took such a dramatic turn!
Jonathan began speaking about how we are called to be followers of Christ.. He also talked about what a fan of him looks like. A fan is someone who does not stand up for Jesus, they simply go to church and believe thay they are good to go til next Sunday. See the problem here is that a fan doesn't have a personal relationship with Jesus. This is the only way we can spend eternity with him forever! How rad is that?!?

Now a follower of Christ is someone who outwardly lives what the word of God says. Don't get me wrong, we all make mistakes. We clearly saw this by studying the life of King Solomon.

Solomon was given wisdom from God, and he really wanted to run his kingdom Gods way and not his own.
As we read about his life, Solomon turns away from God and starts worshipping women and their Gods. He became so self absorbed with women and his own pleasure; now longer focusing on Gods plans for his Kingdom.

Basically what I am trying to get at here is that if you are a fan or a follower we need to repent from our sins. We all have sins in our life that are always there. I get frustrated myself when I keep making mistakes; but God grants us so much more grace than we deserve, it's in fathomable most times.

I encourage everyone reading to really evaluate what sins you struggle with in your life. Go to the loving gracious God and truly repent. You won't regret your decision to follow Christ.

Deep stuff today:)

In Christ,
Taler