Passion of the Christ

I’ve seen the movie once.

I went by myself to the theater in college and have never had the desire to see it again.  There were many scenes that I had to look away because it was all too real.  The terror of sin is violent, bloody, and destructive.  Thank God Jesus died once for the sin of the world and saved me from my own evil desires.

A New “First”

This past Wednesday marked a “first” in my life.  A few weeks ago when I was golfing with a fellow youth ministry friend, we got to talking about speaking in front of students.  I told him that I didn’t do it normally because of our setup, but had been having an itch to do more speaking.  Seizing the opportunity of having a week off, he quickly informed me that I could speak at their youth service on a Wednesday we didn’t have small groups.

 As I was preparing my message, he told me that I should expect about 90 to 100 kids to show up which I told him would be easy considering I give chapel messages monthly to the 350 kids at our school.  I had some preliminary thoughts about what I thought God wanted me to say, but basically wrote my script during Wednesday afternoon.  My message focused on accountability: why it’s important?, what it does?, and how it works? 

Without getting too deep into the details of the talk, I found something that I really enjoy and would welcome any opportunities to speak in the future.  It’s good to do something you enjoy and have the chance to share the message you’ve been given.