Hey y’all, Fall Getaway was last weekend. Because I was on the Special Events/Operations team for Cru, My team planned the weekend with a staff member. It was cool seeing how this weekend played out. Our main Speaker, Bob Francis spent 30 years as a staff member with Cru nationwide, until about 4 years ago when he is now working at the headquarters in Orlando. It is cool hearing insight from someone who has spent that much time on staff.
The first night Bob talked the idea of faith and how Abraham stayed faithful to God even if it meant almost sacrificing Issac, his son (which alludes to the Gospel in Genesis 22). In a way, it was great hearing the fact that while Abraham lived, the Gospel was being stressed. Saturday morning, Bob gave had to do with hope and eternal perspective. And that night he talked about love being the core motivation to live out our lives. Sunday morning, Bob tied all three talks together after answering questions from the students.
What I personally got from the weekend is that I need to be a better steward with the life God has given me. It is easy to find other ways through my effort, but ultimately, I need to give it to God. I need to give up my time and my finances. I need to be smarter with these things and not squander it on lifeless living.
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Keith, thanks for sharing this. I agree that it was very good to hear from Bob. In the first talk, I loved how he emphasized that God is our provider. I know that God can provide everything because he created everything. At night, I got to lay on the dock and look up at the starts. It reminded me of Psalm 19: “The heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”