My Only Victory

Easter was really overwhelming for me this year. The reality of a resurrected Savior is indescribable so I've just been reveling in it. Often the reveling ends in tears. Good ones, but tears none the less.

In the context of Easter, I've also been reflecting on my first 8 months on WyldLife staff. I have lots of great stories of how God is working in the lives of high school and middle school kids in Hinsdale. There are 77 kids signed up for WyldLife camp this summer. I've learned countless lessons about life and ministry. Each story could be seen as a victory; but, thankfully victory isn't defined in terms of numbers and success stories. If worth in Christ depended on day-to-day results we'd all be in a lot of trouble. Enter this song/video. Justin McRoberts (who has YL history) sings this really great song called "My Only Victory." The chorus goes like this:

My only victory is Jesus/His life and death and resurrection/I place my hope alone in Jesus/and the coming of his Kingdom

I've been living in this song--literally on repeat in my car as its truth resonates in me. My only victory is Jesus and that's what drives everything. His life and death and resurrection fuel daily ministry and kingdom growth. Even writing this post I know that I'm not conveying the emotion inside of me, the joy from celebrating ministry in light of our resurrected Lord, so I decided to make a video. I paired some of the images of the past 8 months with the truth that my only victory is Jesus. Take some time to watch and rejoice over what God's doing around here!

(aside: the clip in the middle is from Bob Mitchell...hosted the first YL club back in 1941, was a club kid, went on staff, later was president of YL...)