Sunday, September 24, 2006

Only 72 hours

Last weekend we used our morning celebration at church to talk about our youthwork. We're not a big church, but in common with most churches I know, youth and children's work is always "high demand" when it comes to volunteers needed. That's a good thing, it's not a criticism. Often, the youth team are the ones reaching out, trying new things and generally doing stuff. It's no wonder they need support.

But it's not just about programmes.

We have a group of teenage young people with whom we've been working for some time (5 or 7 years maybe). In the summer, as we talked about the new term coming, we thought about how long we've got left working with these young people. We guessed it was probably another two years before they become too old for a youth programme.

Now think about how long that is when you break it down to an hour a week during term-time.

It comes down to 72 hours.

That's 3 days to make a difference in a young person's life. Just 3 days. What can you achieve in 3 days?

Actually quite a lot.

Take me for example. I learnt to swim in 3 days. Or if you want a better example, Jesus died, dealt with sin, and came back to life. And by the way we usually measure time, he did all that in less than three days.

I believe that God can achieve a lot in 3 days if we'll give him the 3 days.

Can you find 3 days for God?

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