I have often wondered with the rise of social media and virtual friends do young people today have a lack in genuine relationships? During our youth hunt weekend our campfire discussions were about Proverbs 27:17 Irons sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. We spoke of true brotherhood; what it means to hold each other accountable, and that sometimes we have to have the hard discussions involving confrontations rooted in love in order to help our brothers see when they are in need of correction. It was during these discussions that one of the young men revealed that he has over 200 “friends” on Facebook, but none of them were really “friends” that he could turn to in times of need; moreover they were definitely not going to fulfill the proverb of helping sharpen him.

It was then that CTO Guide Charlie Woodard brought a great word inspired by Holy Spirit. He reached into the campfire and pulled out a log that was burning well, he then yawped at the sportsmen that the log represented them. “How easy is it for the log to be engulfed in flames while in the fire with the other logs that are also on fire!” The youth answered, “easy.” Then Charlie threw the log over his shoulder and it landed about 10 feet away from the campfire. “Notice how when the log is all out there by itself that it begins to loose its flame. That is us! As men, when we don’t surround ourselves with other Christian brothers how easy is it for us to loose our flame?!”

It was after this demonstration that the young men began to see the value of Christian brotherhood. Their eyes were opened to how bad we need each other. We also had a successful hunt with two of the boys harvesting their first deer ever. Please see the pictures with the link below.

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