The Love of Jesus
I've not wanted to write this for a while. Mainly for fear of seeming like I'm tooting my own horn. And please please hear me when I say, that is not my desire. At the end of last year, I joined Young Life as a volunteer leader. I'm not going to lie and say I was confident about doing this. I wasn't and I'm still not. I love my city, and I love Jesus. The reason I say I'm not confident is because I'm not a good Christian. I still struggle with God's sovereignty today. But God uses broken people to further his Kingdom, not by us, or our power or words, by Him alone. I also had never had any contact with Young Life, or worked with high schoolers in years. Being given a role, and position to impact people still at a young age is intimidating. I grew up in a smaller predominantly wealthy white city, I don't have any idea what life is like for most of the people I encounter in Denver, let alone what many students in DPD deal with on the daily. We are
