October 29th-30th the Northfield Youth Group will be at Turkey Run State Park in Indiana...So, what is Word in the Woods you might ask - Word in the woods is a GREAT time of Camping, Hiking, and getting into God's word - all for $20. Check out the flyer. The deadline for your $20 fee is the 21st of October.
Consider for a moment your friends. Not the ones you nod politely at when you happen to pass them in public... no, I mean the ones who really have or know a piece of your heart. Think about them. How often do you see, call, write, or even hear from them? I have thought on this for a while this week. You see, at about 5:whatever each morning there is a warm pot of coffee, my bible and Jesus waiting to meet with me. This week my heart has been wrecked by the story of Lazarus. Briefly, this is the story where Jesus hears his friend is sick (and that means deathly) and waits for three days to go see him. His friend dies and everyone is just a little confused - including me. However, this is not where the wreckage occurs for me. The site of the wreck in my heart happens at the point where Jesus three times shows great emotion - and I quote, "...he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled..., ...Jesus wept..., Jesus, once more deeplymoved..." Lazarus, as a "friend" of Jesus has died and even though Jesus was in the process of raising him from the dead His heart was troubled. In John 15:13 says, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" and again speaking of Abraham James 2:23 says, "...and he was called God's friend." So, a few questions here:
Is Jesus your friend in reality? Would you like to be known as a friend of Jesus? or do you think of him more like this clip:
Are you like me in that you have a hard time picturing Jesus moved as he was for Lazarus over you? why...please comment and start a discussion.
Finally, what makes it so hard for us to dole out that kind of passion in ALL our friendships?
finally, please post your comments so that we might start a discussion and in so doing start a revolution of people passionate about compassionate love in friendships.
