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.

"I am addicted to you"

I heard this line in a secular song. It's awesome, if it's about God. I want to be addicted to God, to the point that I would be:

*Sick without Him
*Depend upon Him to make me happy and give me joy
*He is the one that controls my life
*Everything about my life is revolved around Him
*All of my money is His and spent where He desires
*I would not go long without spending time with Him

Jesus, You are the One thing I want to be addicted to. You are the Lord of my life and I want don't want You to just be the center of my life. I want You to be my life. I want to be addicted to You. I want you to be in my thoughts and heart continually. I want my mind to be focused upon You and heavenly things. I praise You and thank You for being my Father, my Saviour, and my Redeemer.