There are a lot of things that I don't really care for. But, one that I absolutely cannot stand is a two-faced person. There are a lot of two-faced people in this world but, I can't take it when they are someone that I'm close to and that I know well.
Allison, a college student, spoke on Wednesday night at my youth bible study. She did an amazing job, I absolutely loved every minute of it. She talked about how our youth group is at a stand still, and that it has been for months. She said that we should be taking steps forward, RUNNING! We should all be RUNNING forward with God! There are so many people in our youth group that are just standing still, even some of the older students. I am not saying that I didn't need to hear that at all and that I'm doing a fine job as being a part of this youth group. Because that's not true. It was a complete wake up call for me; as it should have been for many of the students in that house. But there were people talking about it with me the next day saying that the youth group really needed to hear that and that it needed to be said. THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY IT FIRST?! WHAT WERE YOU WAITING FOR?!
Justin, our youth pastor, tells us things like this all the time. We know that things need to be done, and we know what to do, we're just waiting for someone else to do it first because we are too afraid. Well, I know that I am absolutely guilty of this but, for someone to come out and say that, when it's a regular person at church so they'd heard Justin say that, it was a complete shock to my ears. I wanted to absolutely scream those two sentences above. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Look people, even if you think that you are a good christian and fulfill all of the duties of a follower of Jesus Christ, there is always room for more. You can always do things better as long as you try. We need to stop being so conceited and stop standing still. And start taking steps forward RUNNING! WITHOUT BEING AFRAID!
