okay lets just put it this way… ive been needing to do this for a longgg time.
about two months ago I went to see the movie to save a life with my mom. brian had said people were really moved by it and it was written by a few christian guys so i knew the message would be a good one. and after seeing the movie i thought just that: the message was a great one and every teenager should see this movie. i didnt really think a whole lot of the impact it would have on people but i knew i wanted everyone to see it. so i took patrick and afterwards he was speechless. he couldnt believe teenagers had so many struggles that were so… shocking. i didnt understand why he was so amazed by it until later that night. i take for granted the fact that i’m used to seeing most of the issues to save a life covered. teen pregnancy, suicide, cutting, partying, broken families, not fitting in etc. all of these issues hit my family hard and i didnt realize that some kids just arent exposed to this sort of intense life style. i was thankful that patrick didnt know about this stuff but then i was thankful that i did know about it. i wouldnt be where i am today without all the lessons i learned from my familys hardships. its made me really think about my decisions before i make them and its led me to some great places. as i thought more and more about the issues to save a life brought up i realized every kid at some point is going to face one of them in their lives and they need to be ready to make good choices. the church in to save a life is a lot like rebelbase. we arent super religious we just love Jesus passionately. we know that he saved us and God loves us all the same no matter what our issues are and we are NEVER too far gone. so all of these issues, whether we’ve faced them first hand or not, theyre chances to make good decisions and if we dont, they lead to chances for God to redeem us. so how do we save a life? we dont. Jesus already did it for us. we just have to turn to him and praise him and thank him and serve him. live in community and help each other. pick each other up when we are down. remember who our redeemer is.
