Tuesday, October 21

Last Wednesday at Youth Group, Allison and Jake did an awesome skit. Allison went around and gave every person a candy bar, and Jake had to do 5 push-ups for them to get their candy. After Jake had done quite a few push-ups, people stopped wanting their candy. But, Jake still did push-ups for them even if they didn't want their free candy. Every time someone was getting their piece of candy, Jake would look at them and say, "Ok". It affected me so much because some of those kids that were there he doesn't even know their names. Yet, he would look at them and then do his 5 push-ups for them. His arms started hurting really bad, but he would just stretch and then do more. In the end, Jake did 180 push-ups. He continually did them faithfully until we made him stop. Allison then said, sometimes actions mean more than words. This is just a little glimpse of what the cross should mean to us and what Jesus went through. We felt bad for Jake after about 30 push-ups. Yet, Jesus wasn't even recognizable as a human when He was put onto the cross. It was an awesome picture of what an average person can do to serve people, yet it can't even compare to the price that Jesus paid for us. Thank you Lord for all that You went through. I love you Jesus.

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