Final Sleepover

Next weekend I am going to be having my final sleepover with the girls. It looks like all 15 girls are going to be there which, considering various situations including the fact that one now lives in Ottawa, another's father has said no to the last several sleepovers, etc. is quite a miracle. The girls are really excited and so am I. The finality of it all is going to be sad for sure, but really it's going to be a time of celebration of all we have done over the past year including a round of "Girls' Group Jeopardy" and a slideshow of pictures from all of our activities over the past year. I'm especially excited about our devotion time. I feel that I have done everything I could to share the gospel with these girls over the past year and so my challenge to them on Friday is going to be to "choose for themselves whom they will serve" (Joshua 24:15). In His final address to the Israelites, Moses said to them: "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him." (Deuteronomy 30:19-20) That is both my challenge and my prayer for these girls, that they would choose to follow Jesus and hold fast to Him every day of their lives. Would you join me in that prayer? It is your prayers that have carried us this far.