This past month has been packed with travels, youth, kids, and teaching! I was able to go to a Film Weekend with YoungLife in Ostrava. We watched several films and discussed how the themes presented impacted us and how they relate to Christ. What a neat way to talk about our faith!
I also had the opportunity to participate in a sleepover with my elementary school kids! They all dressed up in Halloween costumes and watched movies and told stories. We had such a great time!
Cute huh? Don't let those faces fool you. They're hooligans! Aw, but I love them already. We got a pack of American Halloween candy, so I taught them to down a box of Nerds in one swift motion. Luckily, they still slept like babies... or maybe that was just me. I was asleep before the Czech bedtime story finished.Last weekend, I traveled to Krakow, Poland. What a beautiful city!
I also took the trip to see Auschwitz. It's real... the pain is palpable. Something huge touched me deeply. We walked past the gallows made for Rudolf Hoess, the Nazi c
ommander of Auschwitz. I looked up and there was a single yellow rose laying there. What a symbol of forgiveness and redemption! The same forgiveness that God gives me...I've been thinking about forgiveness and grace a lot lately. Why do I act as if I think I'm somehow worthy of grace when others aren't?
None are worthy... no not one.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast -- Ephesians 2:8-9
Ponder on this Amazing Grace that truly redeems us!
