YES!! Back to posting about this amazing book, CRAZY LOVE! I must be honest, I read chapter 2 a while back, but I wanted to continue along with our weekly posts. Bible study was actually canceled tonight – but I couldn’t WAIT another week to tell you all about this chapter titled: You Might Not Finish This Chapter.
I thought Chan was going to say something I didn’t like or maybe it was the LONGEST chapter and I wouldn’t finish it, but he didn’t do either. He meant that I may not finish the chapter, because I could infact die before reading the chapter! While I agree that is a rather RADICAL statement – his point rings true. None of us really know how long we’ve got here on earth!
Listen to what Chan has to say:
He goes on to share an amazing story of a precious young girl:
“Brooke Bronkowski was a beautiful fourteen-year-old girl who was in love with Jesus. When she was in junior high, she started a Bible study on her campus. She spent her babysitting money on Bibles so she could give them out to her unsaved friends. Youth pastors who heard about this brought her boxes of Bibles to give away.
Brooke wrote the following essay when she was about twelve; it will give you an idea of the kind of girl she was.
"SINCE I HAVE MY LIFE BEFORE ME"
By Brooke Bronkowski
I’ll live my life to the fullest. I’ll be happy. I’ll brighten up. I will be more joyful than I have ever been. I will be kind to others. I will loosen up. I will tell others about Christ. I will go on adventures and change the world. I will be bold and not change who I really am. I will have no troubles but instead help others with their troubles.
You see, I’ll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age. Oh, I’ll have my moments, good and bad, but I will wipe away the bad and only remember the good. In fact, that’s all I remember, just good moments, nothing in between, just living my life to the fullest. I’ll be one of those people who go somewhere with a mission, an awesome plan, a world-changing plan, and nothing will hold me back. I’ll set an example for others, I will pray for direction.
I have my life before me. I will give others the joy I have and God will give me more joy. I will do everything God tells me to do. I will follow the footsteps of God. I will do my best!!!
During her freshman year in highschool, Brooke was in a car accident while driving to the movies. Her life on earth ended when she was just fourteen, but her impact didn’t. Nearly fifteen hundred people attended Brooke’s memorial service. People from her public high school read poems she had written about her love for God. Everyone spoke of her example and her joy.
I shared the gospel and invited those who wanted to know Jesus to come up and give their lives to Him. There must have been at least two hundred students on their knees at the front of the church praying for salvation. Ushers gave a Bible to each of them. They were Bibles that Brooke kept in her garage, hoping to give out to all of her unsaved friends. In one day, Brooke led more people to the Lord that most ever will.
In her brief fourteen years on earth, Brooke was faithful to Christ. Her short life was not wasted. The words from her essay seem prophetic: ”You see, I’ll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age.”
This was another priority shaking story for me. Just another fabulous reminder of why I am here in this world – day by day – serving my Lord. Because in the end, that is what I can take with me! Chan ends the chapter with these verses:
His work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15.
Don’t let yourself forget. Soak it in and keep remembering that it is true. HE is EVERYTHING!
Where have you seen God’s grace in your life today?