I have been doing work with Young
Life now for almost 13 years, and it is hard to get mired by everyone’s
expectations as to what we are supposed to do.
When I was 20, a college girl raised her hand and asked our college
church group to pray for a guitar player for a bunch of high school students on
Monday nights. It is crazy how many guys
get pulled into Young Life because of a girl, and I’ll admit…I thought this
girl was cute.
I caught Sarah before church and
told her I was willing to help. She
didn’t just tell me what was required of me to play guitar for the group—she
told me about Young Life. We “go where
kids are, earn the right to be heard, and tell them about Jesus.”
“Wait,” I said, “You go to the
schools and meet kids? That sounds like the most awesome organization I have
ever heard of. I mean that is what
missionaries do, and I love it.”
What I have loved about Young Life
as I have become more a part of it is how we care about kids that are Catholic,
Baptist, Non-denominational, or have no church.
It doesn’t change the way we care or the message we carry. We don’t respond differently if our high
school friends reject Jesus. Something about this is just—right.
I am blessed to talk with adults of
different faith traditions and encourage them in their journeys with
Christ. The reason this organization has
allowed me to be so free to love and communicate with masses is simply because
we are about one thing—JESUS!
I love the traditions and
disciplines of the church and they usher me to holy places with our
Savior. However, I am not willing to let
them interfere with the simple message of Jesus. I was reminded of this as I had a discussion
with a wonderful woman this week about her faith.
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