Students at La Mirada High School

A lot of the time, high school students don’t have much to say when you mention God. That’s why I love talking to students who ask thoughtful questions about God. John (name changed) from La Mirada high was one of those students.

After Ben and I explained what we believed, John asked, “Why did God create anything in the first place?”

We explained that God had such great love that He wanted to share with more people. This didn’t quite make sense to John. He told us that the emotion of love made God too human and less powerful. He understood the idea of God as the most powerful Being in the universe, but couldn’t grasp that the same Being could love us individually.

That’s the thing about Christianity. It reveals the Almighty loving God to humans who can’t imagine love and power being in the same room, let alone the same God. You can sit in a philosophy or theology class and discuss the attributes of God, but, for me at least, it took a conversation with a seeking high school student to really appreciate the love and power of my Savior Jesus Christ.

We handed John the high school student a Gospel of John booklet after our conversation. Pray that he too will meet the living God of love.