Song of Solomon Class

Last night we started the video portion of our series on relationships. We are using Tommy Nelson's DVD series on the Song of Solomon as the basis for our discussion. What I love about this series is the discussion groups afterwards. Three couples (and two married people) from church have committed to help us this semester with these groups. This is really a chance for our students to be surrounded by God's people and encouraged in their wrestling with relationship stuff.

One student came to me last night telling me how excited she was about this class. Through tears she shared how meaningful it was to have good examples of what a marriage should look like. She cherished that she is going to get to know these couples and learn from them things that she didn't get from her parents.

What a testimony to God working through people to encourage his people! I love to see it when God brings a student closer to his heart through the things we do in this ministry!

Lord, continue to give us wisdom as we seek to glorify your name. Empower us to advance your kingdom one conversation at a time! Let us reflect who you are more and more each day. Amen.

I Am Second

Rarely do I take what I see on billboards seriously enough to actually go to a website seen on one! But, I'm glad I did that this time. During the Christmas holidays, I saw several billboards all over the Dallas area with famous people on them. Written across the front was a lonely "iamsecond.com." The one that really caught my eye and made me visit the site was Jason Castro from American Idol. So I went, as should you.

On Thursday nights this semester we are incorporating videos from this website into our devotional times. The gist of the videos is that these people (some famous, some not) have come to a place where they overcome struggles by realizing that God is first in their life; Jesus is the most important thing; they are second. Their testimonies range from struggles with drug addiction to issues of success and fame to life growing up in a Christian home.

I am looking forward to how these videos impact our students this year. We will have a little discussion about them during devo time, but the point is to really get them thinking about their own struggles in learning to follow Jesus more completely. You should check out the videos.