To Save a Life

I just watched a touching, uplifting, sad, and amazing movie called To Save A Life. It's about a senior boy who goes through so much his senior year. His childhood best friend commits suicide right before his eyes, his parents divorce, he gets his girlfriend pregnant, joins a church, puts his baby up for adoption and gets a relationship with Jesus all in one year. Could you even imagine that???

It is a Christian based movie. I learned so much from it. The boy who commits suicide went into this church the week before he killed himself. One week. That's it. He didn't stay. Said a few words to the youth pastor and then left.

This movie kind of tied into what we learned in church today. I struggle with talking about my faith. I've started to be a little bit more open about it. I think I'm afraid people will judge me or think less of me. I know people think that Christians are no fun when really I have the most fun when I'm with Christians. I need to stop being a "closet Christian". I need to stop thinking about worldly people will think of me. I might be the only light they ever get to see and I could've just blown it. If I don't speak up or speak out I might've just missed my opportunity.

To save a life, I need to share my story with the unsaved people around me. God created me to be a disciple to create more disciples. If I don't share the good news they may never hear it. I don't only need to share my story but God's story.

Those people you see in the hallway or at lunch that you always see alone, reach out to them. Ask them to eat with you or just pray for them. Pray that God will give you the courage to talk to them. You don't know what they are going through/ have gone through and they don't know what your going through/ have gone through. You may have some same or similar likes and dislikes. Even though we are in the middle of the school year doesn't mean we are too late to reach out.


To save a life isn't only to share the gospel with others but to save an orphans life. By adopting a child you are giving them a chance. God adopted you and gave you a second chance. So you too should adopt to give a child a second chance. Love like Jesus. But you may not be in a place to adopt right now, or God just doesn't have that planned for you. Or maybe that's what you want but not what God has in store for you.

You may not realize it right now but God's plans for you are better than the plans you have for yourself. Maybe you're going through a rough time right now or maybe it's a good time. Whatever type of place you're in you need to trust God, pray, wait and be strong. Encourage others who are going through something you have gone through. Maybe when you were going through that you had no one to encourage you or pray with you but you needed one, so be one.

Go look up or even watch the movie called To Save a Life.

Much love and God bless,
Dakota