This blog doesn't have much of a theme. I have just had some things on my heart this week. This past week, I was at Passport camp with my youth group. I've been struggling with a lot of things recently like breakups and other drama that doesn't need to be happening in the first place. All of those things have brought me away from God and I was scared. Austin, the camp pastor, BROUGHT it this week. He wasn't scared to step on toes, and that's what I needed. My life was messed up and I needed God to get down here with me, roll up His sleeves, and get messy with me. I thought I had control over my life. I thought things were okay. I was completely wrong though. You see, God has to be center of EVERYTHING if your life is going to work. Relationships without God are useless. Pointless. A waste of time. God is the Creator of this world and we think we can leave Him out of our lives? We couldn't be any more naive. Honestly, do you think you can do a better job with your life than the God who created you? Do you think you can do better than the God that gave you life and can give you death? I've come to the realization that I am NOTHING without Christ. If He's not the center of everything, anything I do is for not. This life that I live right now is my one shot to bring others to Christ. Why should I waste it by trying to do things myself?
-Carter L.
