Equally Beneficial Challenge

It’s quite relieving when your own youth group shows up to share the weight on your shoulders. Yes, relief in Houston's low ninety degree, humid weather. It is so refreshing that the Park youth group is here; I see some familiar faces and some new ones. It also boosted the morale of myself and, I think, of certain youth members and leaders, as it was equally beneficial.

I work in the VBS building pictured above, though I have been in another building the past couple weeks. There are two VBS buildings; the one pictured and one building very close to it. I took a picture of this building as a way to show how much progress Houston Impact has made. The buildings, landscapes and traffic signs (like how this building is on Colorado street) are just some proof of the area’s improvement. The black trash bag in this picture is from the construction of a brand new apartment building behind where I was standing. Though the look and feel of Impact church is well on the outside, that does not necessarily mean all is well with Impact’s congregation and with the kids who come to VBS on the inside.

Maybe that's how things are in our Christian walks. We look good on the outside, in attempts to make everyone think we are okay but maybe we're in need of a lot of work on the inside. 

Proverbs 14:13 tells how "Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief."

Really, why shouldn't you love others as you love yourself? I hope you would accept my challenge to tell an unsuspecting person that you love them.

And that someone can't be me. That would be cheating.