Another Thankful.

I am also thankful for watching our kids in the youth group grow and be impacted by the Lord in their lives! So many ways we get to see it. What an encouragement to us!


I would like to share one example with you today.


One of our teens, "Miss Dustfinger" has a cooperative project with another teen we love, "Miss Phoenix". Their desire is to each take a picture every day this year, and they are following themes...you can keep up with their project HERE if you desire.


I have been given permission to highlight one picture and caption from their faces theme, this was taken on our missions trip to Friends of Alcoholics:

This is the face of one man of the millions in the world who have struggled with addictions to alcohol and drugs. One man who lost so much because of the simple choice of yielding to temptation. One man who has suffered the extreme consequences of the darkness let into the world at the beginning of time. Although the face of this man can represent the countless lives affected by the negative consequences of addiction, it can also represent hope. It can represent hope because this is the face of a man whose life has been changed forever after years of addiction to drugs and alcohol. How did this miraculous change come about? Through one thing alone - the hope offered to us through the sacrifice that God made when He sent His perfect Son to die the most painful death known to man so that we people can be forgiven of our darkness called sin, so that we people could have true life.

When I asked him for permission to use his photograph for my 365 shoot, he agreed with one request - that if I talk about addiction, I must talk about the forgiveness, help, hope, and change that God offers to any who choose to believe in Him.

God loves you. He wants to help you.