Come Unto Me: We Need God!

God is at work at Harvey Cedars like we haven’t seen in a long time.

Jesus said, “Come unto me, all you who are worried and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

People need God more than ever. Our culture is overwhelmed with mental health issues. Teens fight isolation, anxiety, and depression like never before. Drug use is at an all-time high, and suicide hits so many families. We don’t even know the full extent of the long-haul effects of COVID. But we have seen God working in so many teenagers who face these issues and more.

I find that most people are not happy, which plays out by not being nice to those around them. Teenagers have been affected more deeply: what the cell phone did to self-esteem and isolation, COVID magnified and made unbearably worse. The only answer to these questions is found in the gospel.

In Genesis, we read we’re created in God’s image and have worth, value, and purpose. God tells us we’re worth something. That we’re of such value that he was willing to sacrifice his Son so we could become part of his family. It’s important that we see ourselves through God’s eyes instead of the world’s eyes or the eyes of social media.

This summer, we’ve seen many students find hope and healing. Would you pray that God continues his mighty work of transformation in them?