Last night, at 10:31 Mr. Maka preached to us about judging others. He did a really good job! His points were VERY well-stated and easy to write down. Even while he was speaking, I could feel God pricking my conscience about people whom I judge regularly. I never realized it was such a habit until that night. I'm inherently evil and can judge people for almost anything!!!! Style of clothing...behavior...appearance...popularity...spiritual status. The list goes on and on and on. Mr. Maka explained to us that instead of judging, we should extend the same mercy to others that God has bestowed on us. And the amount of mercy that God has bestowed on me is just insane.
I really want the youth of Covenant Life Church to be bonded together in unity instead of awkwardly separated, starting with myself. I mean, whenever groups of kids are separated or certain kids avoid other kids because of judging issues, its always so awkward. Its not just awkward, but it distorts God's character. Mr. Maka illustrated this point using a mirror. He held it up and said "We reflect God's character when we show mercy to others instead of judging." The mirror cast a square shaped beam of light around the room. Then Mr. Maka picked up a hammer and smashed the mirror so the beams of light looked like little, shattered dots. He explained that when we judge, and distort God's character...just like breaking a mirror. Cool. Please pray for this issue in the youth ministry guys!!!
Besides having a convicted conscience, I played in the big Spoons Tournament in the Edwards room. I won out of 5 people in my circle, and then moved to the winners circle. Nikita Jones was in the winners circle, nevermind how he got there. Things DID get very crazy...but what do ya know, I actually survived to be in the top two!!!!! It was me and John Hill. We didn't want to face-off so we consulted Mr. Brewer and he promised to award us both 2 TICKETS TO THE UPCOMING TRIPP LEE CONCERT!!!!!!!! yayayayay.
I <3 <3 <3 the Youth Ministry.
~Anna
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