Autumn is here

Well, I can't deny that summer has left, so lets face it, winter is on the way BUT it's autumn now and I kind of like it. For a change I got Monday off, I will meet a friend in the afternoon and in the evening I will go and watch "step up" at the cinema with some friends from church. It's raining outside, but that's ok, we need the rain.
This weekend was the TeenStreet reunion. 16 people came 14 stayed over night. I was glad, that not too many made the way to the city we met, it was more personal. We all had a really great time. It was so much fun to hang with the Teens once more, they're just so funny and I feel like I spent most of the weekend laughing. Saturday we went up to the forest, to play a game. In the evening (after tea) we sang some songs, I preached a little and a friend gave his testimony. We had Dessert (very important part) and then some of the Teens came for a walk with me, that was around midnight. We met a few guys on the street. I'm still not sure if they were just drunk, stoned or on drugs, but they were hilarious. I guess we spend nearly half an hour talking to them. They just didn't understand how we can come from different parts of the Switzerland, I guess the constellation was really rather strange. And they didn't want to believe that I was 26, as I couldn't prove it :-)We didn't get much sleep but I wasn't counting on it anyway. We spend most of Sunday together and then had to say goodbye again. Once more I realised that I rather do youthwork and do something I love, than earning loads of money and not feel what I feel when I hang with Teens.

LOVE

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,

does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Corinthians 13:4-7 (New American Standard Bible)

Operation relationship

The topic of yesterday was relationship. It started at my parent's place. I had lunch with them. It was strange, as non of my brothers was home, but really good to spend time with my parents :-) So I was doing the dishes with my Mum and we started talking about relations. I said that I only want a man who's faith is stronger or at least as strong as mine. My Mum said, that there are nearly no guys out there who would fulfill that condition. Wow, I was flattered that my Mum thinks that way about my faith, but on the other hand that was not very encouraging. My answer to that was, that I have indeed met even 20 year olds whose faith is stronger than mine. Yes, thank you Jesus!

Ok, in the evening at church the pastor talked about marriage. He said great things like we should not rely on our feelings, because if we listen long enough to Brian Adams we could fall in love with our teddy bear. Never tried that one out ;-)Anyway, he was saying that marriage is a covenant, not a contract. In a contract you give and get something in return, in a covenant you bind yourself to the other person, it's a commitment for a life time. So strong, so hard and so beautiful. Marriage has such power, it's awesome what God gave us there!