Everything is ending.
Last night my college girl's Bible study met for the last time this summer.
Tonight I lead youth group for the last time.
I'm caught in a blur of beginnings and endings and I feel like just shutting down. Blocking it all out.
But instead I am trying to make it as meaningful as possible.
For my Bible study's last meeting we talked about how we are a new creation in Christ. (Are you starting to notice a trend?)
We read Ephesians 5:1-21, but verses 8-10 really stand out to me.
for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
All of the darkness within us is thrown into the light. We have to expose every part of ourselves to God to completely give our lives away.
We have to expose the darkness so the light can shine through.
After we read this I had the girls write down the biggest fear or barrier keeping them from completely giving their lives to God.
I took them to my back porch and when we walked out "The Victory," by Phil Whickham was playing.
They put their fears into a bowl and I lit them on fire.
We destroyed the darkness with light.
Here is the really cool part.
I had sat down earlier in the day to plan everything out for the night. I knew what verses I was using but I needed to put it all together.
I started writing and kept thinking we needed to physically throw our darkness into light, and what better way to do that than with fire.
So when we actually did it one of the girls said she had just done a similar exercise the week before while she was on a mission trip in Nicaragua. She said it is amazing that you can do the same thing in one week and it can still seem totally different.
So when I sat down today to finalize tonight's youth group I realized I just needed to abandon what I had planned and do this instead.
I'm praying it will be a memorable last impression on these girls.
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