Day Two

We are all sinners whether we like it or not. Whether we think they are big sins or small sins they are still sins. Our speaker last night focused on this subject. He said it doesn't matter what the sin is it's still a sin, it's wrong and we shouldn't consciously do it. Paul talks about being a sinner but says that through the grace of Jesus he was saved. This is the best message we can hear.

As humans we are destined to sin, it is inbred. What we can do is to struggle not to sin. And this is a struggle for most of us. The speaker really reached the kids last night. They talked about it today during devotions. They talked about how hard it is not to follow those doing wrong but how some of them have found Jesus and are doing the right things (most of the time).

I spent a lot of time thinking about how I can change things in my life that I know are not right. I was not in a good place for a while and was feeling frustrated with my crew, the boys finished their outside job pretty quickly and then just hung out talking while the rest of us were working. What I kept reminding myself was what they told us on the first day. The week is not all about completing your projects it is more about building relationships. Today was a perfect example of this point. The crew work really hard and finished two rooms and started two more. The end of the day we all felt good about what we had accomplished and everyone felt closer to eachother and to our resident who was playing rock music for us. The relationships are more important!

The verse that jumped out at me this morning was 'I thank him who has given me strength'. I remembered this verse during my 'pouting' and then spent lunch listenting to the kids talk about whatevery came to their minds. They are really melding and becoming a close nit crew. I let myself listen to them and they brought me out of my pout and back into the game. We had an awesome afternoon and finished a ton of work. Thank you Lord for giving us the strength to work hard and also for the great kids who are going to change me.