Decisions: Ours or God’s

            Decisions. That word in its self is a big thing. You make decisions all the time. From the time you were born, to most likely, the time you will die. Some aren’t such a big deal, like whether to try and sneak another cookie out of the cookie jar while your mom’s not looking, or if you want the green or pink side kick. Decisions can also be life changing, as in saying no to smoking, or giving your life to Christ. Like I said, life changing. Well, I got to thinking about decisions this Sunday morning. As soon as I woke up, my mom said we needed to talk. At first I was like, Oh no she saw the phone bill!!! Then I noticed the expression on her face and knew this was serious business.

Paige’s Satisfaction

Have you ever gone walking with no destination in mind, just to clear your head, just walking? And then ten minutes later, you’re totally lost. You don’t know how you got there, where you are, and the reason you left doesn’t sound as good as when you were leaving. That’s how I was.

Our Doubts

This week we gave our students the chance to voice thier doubts.  Each person was handed a note card and asked to write down thier greatest doubt concerning thier faith and the list below is a compilation of all of those thoughts.  Our hope is to start an on-line conversation here on Going Public.  Please read through the list and respond in any way you see fit.  Then respond to the responses of others, thus creating a conversation.

I Doubt…

That Feeling (by Tori)

I feel the warm tears run down my cheeks as I lift my hands in confidence to try to touch him. I lift my hands so that I can have that feeling of his love rushing into my palms. I cry because he’s so real he’s so amazing he’s so there. I cry because my friends well my family feels it to. They feel him. I know Even though he’s not in person, not flesh he’s still standing by me, standing by me and wrapping his arms around me. Telling me he loves me unconditionally. So I feel the warm tears run down my face and know there not just tears they have meaning that you are so real it’s scary. I stand with both my arms raised as high as they can go so I can feel his unconditional love rush to my palms. And to know that me lifting my hands makes me closer to God and to be able to feel his love and to get that feeling of unconditional love. It’s the most intense and scariest thing but so incredibly amazing.

Tori Keim