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this past weekend, a mom killed herself and her two sons.  some of our students knew the sons.  this has been very hard for me to understand and reconcile, as a youth pastor but mainly as a parent.  i just can’t comprehend the emotions that would make one take the life from their children.  i can kind of see how depression and pain can lead you to feel that your life is worthless.  those at least make a little sense, but i cannot fathom what would make you kill your own children.

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over the last several weeks i’ve been praying about and wondering what i would be saying my last few lessons.  i’ve talked to a few people and even posted on a forum that i frequent.

i thought of using some of the parables or maybe something from abraham, david, or joshua; maybe paul or john the baptist.  finally, i decided that God’s message for the next little bit is for me to tell them of His love for them.  so i figure i have 3 more times to talk to them…

here are the lessons:

Love God because God Loves You

Love God’s People because God Loves You

Love God’s World because God Loves You

that’s what i think God has to say.  in this messed up, dark, cold world:  God Loves You  that’s what this is about.

my prayer is that over the last 4 1/2 years, that’s one of the main things they’ve heard from me.  God Loves You.  people may mess up and even give God a bad name; but God Loves You.

tonight was the first of these lessons.  it was also the night they chose my tat design (this pic isn’t my actual tat, but it’s the basic design i’ll be getting.  it might vary a little but you get the idea.