It so awesome to get out of the way and let God move through you and through the lives of students. Over the past few weeks the Spirit has really taken hold of some of our students and they are telling their friends about the church and they are coming to hangout with us on Wednesday nights. Last night we ended our series on "unlikely" and I left a challenge to our students to do the "unlikely" thing when it comes to dealing with people who hurt us, cause us pain or just say something about our mommas. What I am referring to is that our natural tendency is to fight back or "an eye for an eye" when it comes to those we encounter on a daily basis. I challenged our students to "give love, not hate" and do the unlikely thing. Its really hard to do this when people spread lies about us, cut us off in traffic, etc. It's not impossible though. It will be interesting to hear some of their stories over the next few weeks and see how they have failed and succeeded in this area. But I leave you with a question: could you show love more than you show hate this week? even to your enemies? your neighbors? your teacher? your boss? Granted, they don't deserve forgiveness and love, but neither do we. Don't just love those who love you, don't hate those who hate you, love everyone with the same love that Christ shows us in the Bible. Go the extra mile if you have to, give the clothes of your back. Stop doing the normal likely reactions and do the unlikely reaction of love! Love covers a multitude of sins.
Try it.
Aaron
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