Jesus is Enough, fo realz though

The summer is crazy in my job. Crazy. But so fun. Since I work with middle and high school students who GET TO HAVE A SUMMER (seriously, isn't it the best?), we take advantage of that. We take advantage of the fact that they're not in school and that their schedules are less crazy (sometimes) and that they have lots more hours in the day free than they do August-May. So June and July are lots of fun. We've got two mission trips, a retreat, and lots of fun events (like a lock-out from 8pm-7am and no one sleeps - that's fun, right? right?!) When I look at the calendar for the summer,  it's easy for me to get overwhelmed. It's easy for me to look at all the weekend events, the overnights, the long hours, and ask if it's worth it. 

I mean, is it worth it? 

Yeah. Oh yeah. It's worth it. 

It's worth it because these events, whether it's weekly Bible study or a lock-out are about the Gospel. When we do a scavenger hunt, it's about more than just a scavenger hunt. When we have a shaving cream fight (yes. we're doing that. totally.) it's more than just being crazy. It is about being crazy and fun and letting these kids be kids - that's important in and of itself. But it's more than that. 

It's about Jesus. 

It's about students bringing their friends who don't know Jesus to a church and it's fun and it's not  weird weird, but in a way that isn't about being made to feel guilty, or less than, or that because you don't go to church we don't care about you. It's about students who are with us all year and who we get to spend a little more time with. It's about loving people the way that Jesus loves them - right where they are. It's about letting kids know that they don't have to be perfect. They don't even have to have it even a little bit together. They don't have to be "church kids". It's about kids who love Jesus and want to be closer to Him.

Because Jesus is enough. 

Jesus is enough when your parents are fighting.
Jesus is enough when you cheat in school.
Jesus is enough when you don't know where you stand with your friends.
Jesus is enough when you don't have any friends.
Jesus is enough when you get bad grades. 
Jesus is enough when you're hurting.
Jesus is enough when you realize that you need Him more than anything.

He's enough. 

And that's why we do it. That's why we have long days and weekend events and staying up for 12 hours straight and riding roller coasters when you'd rather not. Because we want to introduce students to Jesus. We want to love them like He does. And we fall short - but He's enough for us too. 

He's enough for me when I'm tired.
He's enough for me when I don't know what to say. 
He's enough for me when I don't know if I'm cut out for this. 
He's enough for me in my brokenness. 
He's enough for me when I'm uncomfortable. 
He's enough for me when I realize that I need Him more than anything.

Jesus is enough.