Christmas, Choices, & Campins

Guess what? We have been decorating for Christmas, that's right ladies & gentlemen we are in the Christmas Spirit. Couldn't wait till after Halloween had to start now. Christmas never lasts long enough when you wait too long any way. So we decided to get a head start on the festivities. When I was young I left my decorations up in my room ALL year long (Christmas lights and all). I will post some pictures up when we get more done.

I've been thinking lately about the power of choice. The idea that everything we do in life is a choice. We are not merely victims of the past or just products of our environments & upbringing (although those do play major roles in how we choose the choices we make). But we have the ability and responsibility to make choices. Responsibility in that we our response-ABLE people. God created us with seeds of greatness within, but we have to respond to those seeds and make the right choices to water them. We are ALL able to step up and live the dreams that God has placed in our heart. We may go through some hard times but you can't climb a smooth mountain, there has to be some rocky ridges that are sharp and dangerous. Those sharp hard times become stepping stones for us to learn from and keep moving higher in our destiny. One of the most famous and highly honored basketball coaches of all time is John Wooden (who I might add lived in Martinsville, Indiana as a teenager and took the high school basketball team to 3 state championship finals in a row) said,

"There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end that choice you make, makes you."

What a great statement, so true. The choices we make ultimately make us. So in the words of the Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, "Choose, but choose wisely." Choose to be the person that God has created you to be regardless of who says you can't or that you can never change. We ALL are able to respond and carry the responsibility of choosing God's path for our life.

A few weeks ago we had our camp-in with the students so check out the highlight video.