This morning the teens and sponsors from Youth-A-Rama were asked to tell the church about the trip, silly stories and what we got out of the weekend. We do this every year as a sort of "thanks for the support, here's why it was worth it" kind of thing. So why I'm always slightly surprised and feel unprepared as I walk up to the stage I'll never know. I guess this year I wasn't sure if I would be asked to speak or not as there were so many teens to speak, so I hadn't thought of exactly what to say and I didn't want to steal any talking points from one of the teens... Well, this analogy from Ps. Mike came to mind and would leave me alone. It's a weird and silly one, but it definitely stick with you. So this is what I shared...
You know when you notice a hair in the top corner of your shower and you try and try to pull it down, but it's just out of reach? The only thing that can really be done is to toss some water on it so it'll slip down the wall to the drain. But so often it just drops a few inches, so you splash some more water on it and some more... And when you get a really stubborn one, you have to grab the shower head, aim it at the sucker, and blast it down the wall! Well, that little hair is like a lie from the enemy - it creeps up on you and it alludes your attempts to forget it. So you have to splash some Living Water on it, some truth from the Word of God. And sometimes those suckers have to be drowned in that life affirming truth before they go down the "drain" and out of our hearts for good. Ps. Mike shared this with us to remind us how important it really is to be grounded in the Word, to read what He says to and about us everyday.
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