Monday, May 28, 2018

A Vacation From Faith?

That seems kind of dumb, doesn't it? You suspend what you believe or how you live and take a vacation from it.

But if we didn't do it, the slogan "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" wouldn't apply.

The reality is we do this, more often than we'd like to admit. We suspend our daily faith rituals or devotions or prayers or whatever you want to call it all the time. And one of the big ones is coming up.

Summer.

For some reason when summer comes people don't go to church as often, serve as often, pray as often, give as often, the list goes on and on and on. I see it so much working with teenagers, even though most of them have more time on their hands now. They're on vacation and everything changes, including spiritual habits.

So as summer vacation has officially started (at least here in my school district) let's do our best to not just leave God on the shelf for the summer. Don't take a vacation from your beliefs, your relationships, your spiritual practices. If anything, take this opportunity to give them a little more time and effort.

T

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