Oh girls! I could not be more excited to start this fall semester with you all! I love fall! When I was in high school (and maybe still) I loved getting back to school clothes, school supplies, and I loved seeing all my friends again (and seeing their back to school clothes, and school supplies...)
I love all the changes that come with a new school year, but sometimes change can be intimidating. For some of you, this year will bring changes like a new school (college!) maybe even in a new town. Maybe some of your friends have already graduated, and now the high school you remember from last year has changed. Maybe you got a car this summer, and now your responsibilities have changed. Maybe you made a decision to be different (in Jesus' name) this summer and your friends have noticed that you've changed!
This year is going to be full of changes.
That might sound silly to you, I mean, can you remember any year that wasn't full of changes?
Today marks the anniversary of a big change, in our country. On 9/11/2001, I was a senior in high school. I was walking to jazzercise (P.E. ... I waited til my senior year to take my one required semester of P.E....) and before I got to class a boy stopped me and said, "did you hear that a plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York?" I thought he was lying to me, so I joked about it, but he insisted it was true. When I got to class, my teacher turned on the t.v. and we watched the 2nd plane crash into the 2nd tower. Even though I didn't really understand what was happening, i felt a pit in my stomach.
I knew things were changing.
Maybe tonight you are feeling that same pit in your stomach because,of the changes you are facing.
During this next semester, and the next few months and years we're going to experience a lot more changes. Already this year, you girls and I have experienced some big changes at our church.
What other kind of changes are on the way? I wish I knew-- but here's what I do know!
In the middle of all these changes, our God is constant! He is like a rock we can stand on in the wild storms of this life! He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. And you know what else!? Our God has shown us exactly who He is because (think about this!) According to The Bible, He was Jesus! We have a living breathing picture of God in the Gospels (the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) Our God is constant and He is Jesus.
This semester, we'll be studying the Gospel of Luke and asking the question, "Who is Jesus?"
My prayer for you is that you would come study with us this fall, and see for yourself the goodness, kindness, and steady-ness of our God Jesus!
Love, Kate
