Hot Fudge Showdown

This past Sunday night at youth we had a hot fudge sundae contest to see who could build the best looking and best tasting hot fudge sundae. They broke up into pairs of two and competed to see who would take home the crown of Sundae champ. (Congrats to Trey and Chris for winning). What we all realized is that some times what looks good doesn't always taste good. Some of the sundaes were pretty terrible.

Afterwards, we talked about how the things of the world are not much different. Many times the things the world has to offer look very good and appealing, but when you actually take a bite it winds up not tasting very good at all, in fact it's almost like food poisoning and may even taste good going down, but when it gets down. Well you know the rest of the story.

Jesus however, is quite the opposite. He tells us "Taste and see that I am good" I have never had a person that gave thier life to Christ come back later and tell me that they regreted it. The reason for this is because once a person truly gets a good taste of a relationship with Christ, they realize that Christ truly is good.

So if you are tired of chasing temporary highs, try Jesus! He won't dissapoint!

Unleash The Dream Within

"Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall have no beggining" This is a quote that I recently came across by John Cardinal Newman, and how true it is so many times in life we live by the rules of playing it safe, but sometimes playing it safe can be risky business. When God first laid it on my heart to plant Eagle Heights Memphis I thought that it was just me talking, that God wouldn't tell me to uproot from a great life, a great church, and a great job to go and start a church from scratch 400 miles from home. I thought that just didn't make very good sense. However, that was the problem, I was spending all of my energy making plans for God, instead of really seeking God and what it was that He really wanted me to do. The point is this, maybe there is something that you have always dreamed of doing, or maybe God is telling you to take a leap of faith into the unknown and the unfamiliar, keep this in mind. Twenty years from now you will be more dissapointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, discover. (Mark Twain)