Love and Holiness

My theme and goal for this trip is love. Love is what I want to show, to do, to be, it is everything. Jesus is the most perfect example of true and pure love.  I believe that love is a way that I can connect to people the most and that is the way that you can relate to because that is what anyone could ever need. Most people are looking, yearning, searching for someone to love them or someone to fill their life and I honestly believe that the love of Jesus is the key to that. What better way to relate to the people who are hurting here in Jackson. This morning in our devotions, Big John - the guy who led us in devotions today - did a wonderful job at really digging into the scripture and seeing the message that God was trying to say to us. We were in Leviticus 19 looking at how God wants us to see be Holy because He is HOLY. That really spoke to me because he is so perfect in every way and the amount of awesomeness He has is just mind blowing! I love how beautiful His word is, the way that these words are put just make me want to be more in depth with Him. I want to understand what He wants and what He went through when He came down on earth.  Honoring your father and mother, treating people how you want to be treated, living in harmony with people, being honest and trusting, respectful, not oppressing anyone are all things that we are required to do. Sometimes it is difficult but Jesus was put under even worse circumstances than any of us could ever encounter and I really believe that in the midst of all our troubles and heart ache or anger, that we should pause and think about what happened on that cross and what it means to us. This trip is such a blessing to me already and I am so grateful for getting a chance to be here with all these beautiful people!

Aree