Greetings from Beulah Jr-High Alive! It has been a busy couple of days here, we have hit the ground running and now seem to have found our pace. The theme this year is Freedom in Christ, based on John 8:36, “When the Son sets you free, you are free indeed!” There is something unique about our freedom in Christ. For us to experience it…to truly experience it, we must first surrender all to Christ. Surrender is a word that carries with it much baggage in today’s world. No one likes surrender. Usually that means defeat and defeat leads to humiliation. To many youngsters surrender invokes images of destruction and disgrace. From images of warfare video games that look much too realistic to me, to the image of a ball team in retreat; surrender is not something we want to experience. But to surrender to Christ is to say to God there is nothing more important than him. It is to let God take control of everything…absolutely everything: those things I cannot control, and the things I do. Surrender is not easy, for anyone, but hopefully with the leading of the Spirit, these youngsters will find it easier to “let go and let God.” I hope to write again from Beulah later this week…God willing.
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