9:52 p.m.

So this isn't a poem as you can see, but I just wanted to share something with you that I learned at youthgroup yesterday. My boyfriend goes to a church and they have what is called a youthgroup. It's a lot of fun. Mostly kids go there, but they go there to have fun and learn about God. This was my first time going and I really enjoyed it a lot. I met new people and learned a lot. But anyways, something that the youth minister (Mr.Q) told us about blew my mind. I don't know if you've watched the news lately, but there was an earthquake in Haiti. On the scale for earth quakes it was a 7 out of 10. That is huge. Now Haiti doesn't have very strong buildings, it is a very very poor place. 9: 53 p.m. was when it struck them. Everything in their life was completely changed. Mr. Q showed us some images from the earth quake and one of them was very graphic. People were screaming and crying. Childerns without parents, parents without children is what he said. He said while we were sitting there, "Were in 9:52 p.m. now, going on with our own normal lives just like the people in Haiti were doing." We are just going on with our normal lives, waking up, school, work, homework, hanging out with friends, facebook, etc. Doing everything like we have all the time in the world when we really dont. He told us that we have good things in life, but are they the best? Doing your homework is good, but reading the Bible is the best. God brought us down here so we can spread his word. At any given moment it could turn into 9:53 p.m. for us. We dont have all the time in the world to do so. So for God we need to put aside some of the good things for the best things. That's what he did for us, right? He cured a person who had leperocy, brought a dead girl to life Mr.Q read out of The Bible. Jesus could cure anything he wanted to, but when he did cure it, he didn't want everybody to know. Why? Because if everybody knew about all the things he could do, everybody would come to him with all their needs. If he attended those needs, then he wouldnt have any time to do what he wanted to do. Save us. All those things he was doing were great, but that wasn't the best. The best for Jesus was saving us. All of this struck my mind, I am myself taking advantage of life that the Lord gave us and not doing what we were sent down here for. I want to be a good Christian and I want to be saved. But am I doing a good enough job? Are you doing a good enough job? I don't want to mean to spread the word and then for it to immidiately turn into 9:53 p.m. Everybody knows today is dangerous. It turns 9:53p.m. for too many people too much. So don't settle for the good, settle for the best.