One of the most prominent memories of YouthCon was at Frontier City. Marching off to ride all the rides in the park, our adventure came to an abrupt halt after the first ride. For one of the guys in our group, the log water ride was too much. The merry-go-round was the only approved ride. And frustration was great. Not long after, our group became one person smaller, and we went on to ride the ferris wheel. This big guy was scared to death on that ride, and was very grateful when he stepped onto stable ground again. Somehow we talked him into riding a larger roller coaster, or as big as it gets for Frontier City. I loved it. For me and two other guys, it was a blast, and we rode it three more continual times following that run, but for the guy that was not so sure about riding it… he was terrified the whole time. Screaming, and not from excitement, but fear. The difference between the two was a difference in faith and perspective. One saw the ride as a terrifying machine that could break and they could either fall to their death, or be stuck at the top for hours with no bathroom facilities.The other saw it as an exhilarating adventure, trusting that the makers of it built it strong enough to hold them without it falling apart.
One person considered it an ordeal, while another an adventure. The difference was their attitudes, or their perspectives of the situation. One went into it in fear, while the other, excitement. Another example would be camp. I LOVE camp! It is my favorite place on earth. Last year, going into the week, there was a lot against it. Enclosed tabernacle, rooms, messed up plans, and a host of other things. I was exhausted, (or I thought so then) and didn’t feel the greatest. Stressed and emotional, it was not a good start. However I knew I was to be there. The fact I was there was a miracle in itself. So, Monday was full of attitude adjustments and change in perspective; off of me and what I thought it should be like, to what He made that week to be. It’s almost the end of the first semester of college. Already. It has been some of the hardest, and yet most fulfilling few months of my life. I have gotten emotional. Loneliness, stress; trying to find a balance amidst the craziness somewhere and somehow. Expecting perfection from myself and then just trying my best to simply survive. I knew it wouldn’t be easy. I didn’t expect it to come easy for me, nothing does. I was prepared to work for it. However, I always have a picture in my mind of how my life should be. In my perfect little world, this is how it should be. Now there are a few flaws in that thinking. One, it’s not my life. Colossians 3.3, For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 1 corinthians 6.20, For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's Two, who am I to think I know how my life should be? Isaiah 55.9, For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. proverbs 3.5, Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. We think we know what we want, but we really don’t. We want what He wants for our lives. Because what He wants for us is what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it. College is crazy. Life happens. It’s overwhelming, and things don’t go the way we think they should… quite often. But instead of getting frustrated, overwhelmed, and fearing what the future will hold; instead of viewing life in that moment and our mixed up plans as an ordeal, trust Him, being excited to see what He will do; anxious for the adventure of your life that awaits. Changing the perspective from ourselves and how we think life should go, and onto Him and how He made it. Whether you like it or not, where you are right now, He put you there. He had a reason for it. He allows what happens in your life to happen, and there are things He desires for you to learn from it. He didn’t bring you this far to abandon you. He is faithful. So when things are crazy, accept the challenge, and get ready for the adventure… cause it’s gonna be a blast.
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