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I couldn’t see the point of Sunday School

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'I couldn’t see the point of Sunday School. My friends were more interested in football and I preferred it too, so I refused to go on Sundays. My parents weren’t that happy.

We went to the Keswick Convention, a Christian camp. I wasn’t that interested. But we were taught about Isaiah 40.11-12. It talks about God holding the waters in the palm of his hand.

We were in the Lake District, so I could picture this. I had had a picture of a soft and easy God and that was completely torn down. I could see how big and impressive God is.

I was quite shocked. I realised that, if this was the case, I needed to pay attention. God was probably a bigger deal than I had thought.

That started me on a journey of wanting to learn more. I could still play football at school. But my priorities changed.

Now, I want to be a youth and children’s worker. That’s because of the impact of those verses. I want other young people to understand that God is so much greater than the smallness of our imagination. He’s incomprehensibly powerful.

If he can sustain creation, then the things that we struggle with in this world are nothing compared to God’s power.'

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