Remember the Hills

This past weekend 12 of us from 727 left town and ventured down to Hocking Hills. We got far enough away that we could see the stars. It was a time to laugh and play and discuss our faith. We stayed at this quirkily designed but sweet little lodge that really fostered a family-style experience. We stayed up late, we ate a bit fat breakfast and we burned some serious carbs on Saturday with both a 2 1/2 mile hike and a 5 mile canoe trip. See more photo's. In addition to fun we challenged each other in 2 areas of faith:



What should I do? We all agreed that we want to please God, but we often wonder exactly what God wants us to do. And sometimes we end up doing nothing and letting moments of opportunity pass us by. The "more spiritual" of us cunningly suggest we are praying about it, but really we are just afraid to act. So we challenged each other to repent from our sin of inactivity with the words JUST DO SOMETHING.

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. James 4:17

What difference can I make? We want our lives to count and as we watch opportunities pass us by we see our moment slipping away. So talked about the needs we each see and the gifts we each have and the passions that are on our hearts. Then we discussed that fact that when you make an impact often times it impacts you. When we mark others we can get marked or scarred or wounded. It is just part of the game.

What would happen if every place we went, every environment we stepped into, we would look around and ask ourselves, 'Is there a way that I can make an impact? Is there a way that I can leave a mark and through my life leave the fingerprints of God all over someone else's life? Erwin McManus