We Aren't Superheroes

Being in New G has opened several doors for me. It has allowed me to learn a new way of becoming closer to God. It has given me opportunities to make new friends and get to know friends I already had even more. And if all this happens just during the school year, it is multiplied even more so during summer sing outs and on tour. Although I did have bittersweet feelings about going on this year's tour, because so many of the people I went with last year were not coming back.

Actually, I've felt bittersweet about a lot going on in my life in recent months. My grandma moved out of the house where a good chunk of my childhood took place. Several of my close friends graduated from high school and are heading off to college. I'm going about to start my senior year of high school. I have to make decisions about what I want to do and where I'm going after I graduate.

All these things either scare me to death or make me long for the days where all I had to worry about was who I was going to sit next to during lunch or whose house the sleepover was going to be this coming weekend. But worrying about all this won't get me anywhere. Worry and anxiety can only lead to more worries and a whole lot more anxiety.

I bring this up because it ties so perfectly with the Sermon in Song's message this year: Definitions. You have to decide how to handle a situation. You decide how it will affect you. You decide how to define the moment, instead of letting the moment define you.

And in some moments, you have to learn to let go, and give it up to God. We aren't made to be invincible. We aren't made to be superheroes. But we could be. Just let God in, and we could be.