| | alright so this update has been a long time coming.....Chelsey. ;). so here we go. here are some photos from the last couple youth groups.
hmm...that is alot of people. dont you think?
jessica......is going.....going......gone. and jake...has his tongue inside his mouth...amazing.
good picture cale.
so thats only like 5 people on that tube. last i can remember....we can put 9 on there sometimes.
 rest time.
 and...im giving people jetski rides. those were fun.
and for the church picnic...where we unloaded on the clay pigeons....pictures of that are coming soon. possibly a video if i can figure out how to post it here.
anyways.....this has all been a riot has it not?
k. so you guys remember what we talked about last week? cale and i left you guys with the question "how do you view yourself, and how do you think God views you?" what do you guys think about that? I've been reading this book by dwayne roberts called "Onething," in reference to psalm 27:4 (look it up!). It has been an awesome book, really challenging how i view myself...and how i view God. Check these few paragraphs out (i realize this is long..but please read it...it is very good):
(dwayne roberts talking about how God views us)
"We've been bombarded from every angle by the media, and their message is always the same: you don't look good enough, smell good enough, sing well enough, dance well enough; you aren't smart enough, aren't rich enough; and even if you were, you would still be lacking because no one is perfect, least of all you. Think about it for a minute. This is the primary message of most commercials. They have convinced us that it matters if we buy this, shave that, wear this, smoke that, drink this, play that, eat this, and listen to that. Don't you ever get tired of being told you're not worth anyone's time, that you're not valuable- that you're not delighted in? Because that's what it boils down to.
We are constantly saturated with the "not delightful" message. We have all bought it in one way or another- that's why it is so difficult to see - but that doesn't mean it's true. It simply means we need to find the real message, the defining message, the identity-giving message. Thankfully, a commercial can never bestow identity. Our identity is not linked to this world, which means our reward is not in this world either. Our reward is God himself, in this life and in the life to come. He wants us. We can have Him. Our pursuit should be to gain the reward of having Jesus. This is how it is supposed to be."
ok...this is tyler now talking...not the book. what do you think about that? this is something that im searching for. Knowing that God wants us....that he desires us. It is the best thing ever. We are constantly looking for something. I don't care if you say you are a Christian or if you aren't one....you are still looking for something, reaching for something to fill some void you feel in yourself, and nothing in this world is going to satisfy that hunger. The reason is! God put something called eternity in Your hearts. And anything you get your hands on in this world will pass away. But God is the only one who doesnt. The only thing that really completly satisfies this craving is knowing God....knowing Jesus..knowing that Jesus is in pursuit of our hearts. Think about this. We will be talking about it the rest of the summer most likely ;).
Until wednesday!
-Tyler
p.s. What would you guys thing about doing a camping trip the first weekend in august? its like august 4-5. Friday night to saturday morning/afternoon. etc. Let me know what you guys think!
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