Parents and Students,I cannot believe October is here. This month we will have a Game Night on Saturday October 11th. It will start at 6:30pm and end around 10:00pm. Food will be provided. The last game night involved video games, but this one is going to be more physical so be ready! We also have our church-wide Fall Festival at the end of the month. If you want to help with this great opportunity to serve the community of Golden please notify Cyndi Strickland.
Obviously when one thinks of October Halloween comes to mind. I think of caramel apples, candy, and cavities! I also think of costumes and masks. In our day and age the creativity involved in producing this merchandise is amazing. There are all kinds of costumes and masks. You and I could virtually dress up like any one we wanted to be and no one would know it was us underneath. We could walk thru a group of people portraying to be someone we’re not.
Isn’t this what we do in real life at times too? We put on a mask and act like someone we’re not? The thing about a mask is it is restricting, uncomfortable, and hinders the perception of those observing us. It also skews our perception of ourselves. A “life” mask, if worn too long, will hold us in bondage from being real with ourselves, with others, and most importantly with Jesus.
After Jesus had begun His earthly ministry many people began to follow Him due to the miraculous signs He was doing. Some believed in His name, but some just wanted to see “the show.” At the end of John 2 the evangelist writes, “But Jesus would not entrust Himself to them, for He knew all men. He did not need man's testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.”Those two verses bring comfort and conviction. You see, there is no mask that we can wear that Jesus doesn’t see through. He knows the person you really are. He knows the person I really am too. And yet, “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Let us learn to take off our masks and be authentic with Jesus and with those around us.
Be Blessed,
SB
