A Letter To The Family of Christina Grimmie

Dear Grimmie Family,

I cannot imagine the pain you are in right now. As a fan, as I was following the story on Friday night I was full of sadness, anger, and confusion. A life dedicated to spreading love was ended by hate. I want to hate Kevin Loibl so bad and I'm sure you do too but our Lord calls us not to hate anyone. I was depressed so much yesterday to the point that my family and coworkers were saying something and asking me what was wrong. I couldn't stop crying and although I'm better today, I'm still in pain. I never got to meet Christina or see her perform but from what people have said, she was genuine and down to earth. I got excited every Monday to see what her and Adam Levine had cooked up and then Tuesday to vote my limit of 10 times per method. I never thought that when I was talking to my classmate Alison (who just happened to be close with your daughter and sister. She has her phone number and vice versa) just one month ago about Christina that she would be gone. She was a beautiful human being. God wanted her in heaven. These past couple months, I have been dreaming of a musical project I wanted to start called The Worship Collective. What the idea/tagline was was going to be was "Mainstream artists collectively coming together to Worship God." I had several artists I wanted to recruit to be in it. Christina was included in that. I wanted to make an album where these artists were sing both covers of popular worship songs as well as one me and some of the artists wrote. I don't have near the money for that right now but now I just want to put the project to rest. But I feel like I can't. Your daughter was. Wait no, she is amazing. Her voice, her everything. She will continue to be a big inspiration to me as I pursue my music career. What keeps me from going insane is right now she is hand in hand dancing with Jesus and leading heaven's worship team.

Sincerely,
Alex Vanderspek

Monday Messages: Saaaaaame

Have you ever changed anything? Clothes? Jobs? Schools? The list could go on and on and on. If we can really look at it, we probably change SOMETHING at least once a day. So then when we think about God, it's crazy to think that He has never changed the entire time He has been a being which is forever. Just think for a moment. Never ever changing a thing you're entire life. We would eventually get body odor and wouldn't have friends. Crazy to think that I'm about to "preach" to you on one Bible verse but just watch.

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Now that's hard to fathom. He never changed about anything. Now I'm sure that doesn't include shoes, clothes, etc. But what they are talking about is His love. His kindness. His mindset. Nothing He did when the earth was created is different than anything He does now. Best of all, He will never change His mind on you.

Some people think they screwed up so bad that Jesus will not love them anymore. They couldn't be more wrong. Jesus will love you no matter what you do. That's not saying go kill someone then ask Him to forgive you. That's saying that you are able to be forgiven. You ever heard the phrase "use it but don't abuse it"? The same goes for Jesus' love. His love is free. No paid sexual sin will ever bring you the joy that Jesus' love can. It'll never change. Keep that in mind as you go about your week.

Until Next Time, Alex