I was on facebook today and saw this video that me and the youth group from Lee's Summit saw at Falls Creek this summer. I remember seeing it for the first time and holding my breath. It was the most quiet I heard the camp be the whole week. The message of the fall of man, put into terms that the students not only understood, but it completely captured their attention.
I am a big believer in using all forms of media to reach young people. That is what they relate to the most. We are trying to reach the generation that can watch shows, listen to music, go to movies that not only are super dramatic, but when they are not totally fully entertained the effort that we put into things gets overlooked and called boring. I have a professor in seminary that takes the story of the bible and argues that it is the greatest, most dramatic, heart-wrenching, break-up story ever told.
More than Pride and Prejudice, American President (my personal favorite), Titanic, Bridges over Madison County.... The bible, which is really our story is about how we Broke our Savior's Heart and we spend the rest of our time on earth trying to get back together with him. Yes, as much as we love drama and we do LOVE IT, we are involved in the most dramatic story of all. Taking the time to involve ourselves in this and seeing our life as this love story that is sad but joyful, dramatic but exciting, and most of all we have a Savior that yearns for our love and that provides his love unconditionally.
Please don't hear me saying that God is like a teenage girl that gets broken up by her high school boyfriend, He desire our love because he made us for himself. We can't explain or even understand it, but we reject it all the time.
Watch this video and just listen to the words and think about how we are involved in the most dramatic story ever.
Joy,
Kris
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