This year our College Students here @ Second planned an entire week of serving their City themselves. The wolrd has literally come to Houston so this year instead of traveling around the world to share the love of Christ our students simply traveled around Houston. Here was their schedule:
Monday - Served/Volunteered at The Source http://www.thesourceforwomen.org/ Tuesday - Served Houston's Homeless @ Star of Hope http://www.sohmission.org Wednesday - Ministered to one of our church's homebound couples Thursday - Partnered with Church Under the Bridge to fed and minsiter http://www.1000hills.org "We love because HE first love us" 1 John 4:19
I love the Christmas Season - it reminds me of the great gift that God sent to us so that we might be brought back to Him, but Easter is my favorite time of celebration and worship! Every year I'm Overwhelmed by the great price Christ paid for us (me) - on our (my) behalf - on account of our (my) sin!
Today I was reminded of this as my family and I walked through the PASSION WEEK EXPERIENCE @ Second. Scripture says, "I have not greater joy than to hear that me children are walking in the truth" and while my kids are not quite ready to embrace Christ as Savior at 7, 6, and 3 yrs old through experiences like today's, walking through a visual portrayal of what Christ did for them, I can see those truth's being planted deep in their small hearts to be harvested in God's great timing, and it gives my great joy!
I'm so honored to be a part of a church, and church staff team that pours out their hearts, creativity, and energy, to put on such a powerful display of our Creator's heart for us depicted in Christ's sacrifice. At moments I was overwhelmed by His sacrifice! (I even had to hand over the reigns to my wife, Erin once)
This Passion Week don't miss the opportunity to STOP, reflect, and remember the great price that was paid for you. It's definitely worth the time.
"And by his will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice
of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all." Hebrews 10: 10
To learn more about the Passion Week Experience, times, and locations visit www.second.org
