This Week # 2-42

This week in OFF ROAD we had the privilege of having Paul Slayton speak to us. Paul was one of my Jr. High leaders when I was a young’n and he is an awesome guy. Paul shared so ridiculous stories that were totally crazy and not true about me growing up ;) which is better than sharing the ridiculous stories that are true about me. He then told us a stomach twisting story of an incident that happened to him a few weeks ago. The story involved a little girl who had her finger pulled off, where just the bone was showing. This happened at a mall and he was a witness to it. Now Paul, being a teacher and a formed boy scout is trained in first aid, and when it happened he knew the right thing to do, but stood there and watched. Eventually he stepped forward and helped out. The point was this;

James 1:22- Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says…

See our calling is not to have head knowledge that does nothing, but knowledge that leads to action. In our school many people are in the same situation as that little girl, probably not physically, but emotionally and spiritually. The challenge was- Will you be one that knows what the right thing to do is but stands there, or will you see the people in your school and, with the knowledge gained at church, love like Christ, act like Christ, and reach out like Christ?

Questions for this week:
As you go back to school what are some ways you can take what you have learned at church and put them into practice at school?

Who are some people you know that are made fun of that you know you should stick up for? Will you stick up for them this year?

Are you one who typically stands around not doing anything about the hurting people around you or are you one who sees the needs of others and acts on that? How can you do that better now?