No Secret Handshake

You know sometimes I fall victim to not fitting in with the crowd that I often run with. Probably because most of the time thay are between the ages of 12-18 and I'm a whopping 33. Yeah, being in Youth ministry you feel as though you grow older twice as fast. I seems like only yesterday I was like the kids older brother now I've even been refered to as Grandpa. But when ever we go somewhere with students i see almost a right of passage. The Sacred Handshake. If you don't know the handshake you don't fit in. Have you ever fallen victim to not knowing the handshake? It seems with students that if you know the handshake you break through years trying to gain trust.

Colossians 2 11-15 says that there is nothing secretive about your relationship with Him and nothing that is mutually exclusive too your relationship. He says I've came to conqure the grave for all and that those who would simply call on my will be saved. He destroyed the power of sin on the cross. Our sins forgiven, we have a clean slate with Him.

Isn't it nice we are already in, we are that insider. He knows us as we are and continues to love us anyway. No secret handshake, just hold onto the nail pierced hand of Christ.

Simply Amazing.

Blessings