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A SELECTED "NORTHERN LIGHTS"
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
(from Issue #484)
NO PEAS, PLEASE!
by Brian Langendoen
The heaping portions of rice, peas and chicken looked good at the time.
And, indeed it was good. But as Logan looked at the big pile of peas
leftover, he remembered ... he didn't like peas!
But he also remembered the rule: if you don't finish your
"firsts," then you can't have seconds. And no dessert.
"Logan, don't you like peas?" asked George, his Bible camp
counsellor.
Logan shook his head.
George continued, "Would you like me to take them?"
"Then I can have dessert?!" Logan's face registered surprise.
George smiled.
A few minutes later, Logan stuffed himself with ice cream. George sat
with a big pile of cold peas ... but no ice cream.
In the cabin that night, after lights out, Logan exclaimed to the other
boys: "He took my peas! He took my peas!"
George immediately took this opportunity to explain how Jesus took our
sin, so that we could have life. The boys listened attentively.
It all made sense. Just like George took Logan's peas so that he could
have dessert, Jesus paid for our sin so that we could have heaven.
It was another teachable moment.
Brian & Sandy Langendoen and their four children serve at Timber
Bay Bible Centre. Besides summer Bible camp, Brian keeps busy with other
youth outreaches based at TBBC, and with facilities maintenance.
To the "No Peas, Please!" story, Brian adds: "George
and his wife, Lauree, worked at the Camp for two weeks last summer. George
is 62, so you're never too old to serve the Lord, but one day he was
pretty sure that that things were 'going to the dogs.'
"Just as chapel was about to start, George noticed two of his
campers were missing. He went looking for them ... and found them, hiding
(and very cramped!) inside a staff member's doghouse."
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