Year 3 Theme

LTC is fast approaching and there are so many things still unsettled, chief among them being the theme for the camp. The spiritual blueprint has been a yearly tradition for every Sec 3,4 and 5 BB Boy especially in this June period. Is it really the best practice for the Boys? Well that is not for a mere mortal as myself to speculate on heh.

For weeks now it has seemed that the themes for the Year 3 and Year 5s would start to converge, this being aided by the fact that the Year 3 theme is pretty much a blank slate even as of now. The 3 verses that the year 5s managed to pray about were 1 John 3:18, James 4:8 and Hebrews 10:22. While James 4:8 has been pretty much been confirmed as the theme for the Year 2/5 LDC camp, 1 John 3 has impressed me the most for the Year 3s.

"In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,"

- 1 John 3:10-11

"Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."

- 1 John 3:15

As I read through this section, I was reminded again of the commandment that Jesus gave to his disciples, and to us, of loving one another. Not only that, but that by this act will it separate those children of God from the children of the devil. And verse 15 raises the bar even higher when even by just hating a brother will a person be condemned as a murderer.

"But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?"

- 1 John 3:17

In this day and age where people are increasing beginning to look out for themselves only, we are reminded once again that those who are blessed materially by God should give of their blessings to bless others. If not how then does the Love of God abide in him?

"My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him."

- 1 John 18-19

Truly as we approach LTC, we so much more need to show Love through our actions and not by mere empty words. What the Year 3s need so much more now is to stand united under God through his Love and the love they have for each other. With more than 10 non-christians in the cohort alone, the need for repentance and a desire to reach out and help each other for the Christians is needed more than anything else now. I can only pray that God in His mercy will touch and convict the hearts of the Christians among the Year 3s to return to Him and to Love one another just as Jesus loved us and loved the unlovable.