CRU Update

“It is impossible that any ill should happen to the man who is beloved of the Lord . . . Ill to him is no ill but only good in a mysterious form. Losses enrich him; sickness is his medicine, reproach his honor, death his gain.”
Charles Spurgeon

This week at CRU was the second of the year, and it marked the beginning of many of the Year 7 students’ time here. We began with a fun game where a blindfolded person acting as King Pharaoh would try to protect his crown by reaching out and grabbing onto another person who tried to sneak behind them and grab the crown – inciting a lot of cheers, especially from the younger years as everyone tried various tactics to sneak past Pharaoh.

After that, Mr Ho gave a Bible talk on a reading from Exodus 2. The excerpt describes how the Pharaoh of Egypt had given an order to kill any Hebrew baby boy, and Moses’s family thus hid him in a basket and placed it into the Nile. It was then discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter – one of the worst people that the baby could’ve gone to. However, instead of handing the baby over, the Pharaoh’s daughter took pity on the baby and nursed him.

The first key lesson that Mr Ho highlighted drew upon the pain experienced by many of God’s people in Egypt – that God doesn’t promise a pain-free life. We can see this throughout many of our own lives, with Christians still experiencing as much hardship as anyone else. Opting into Christianity is never a decision to free your life from pain. However, the second lesson Mr Ho helpfully described was that even though we might experience pain, he still wants the best for us. That’s why even in the face of Pharaoh, ultimately, God still found a way to rescue Moses – just not in the way that any of us would have expected. We can apply this lesson to our own lives as Christians – even when we are experiencing hardship, God can work through these hardships to strengthen us inside.

Moving forward, we will have Junior CRU on Thursday lunchtimes for Years 7 to 8 and Senior CRU on Friday lunchtimes for Years 9 to 11, and we will be looking deeper into Exodus. CRU is open to everyone – in particular, you don’t need to be Christian or understand anything about Christianity. CRU is a great way to learn more about Jesus over a soft drink and a sausage, whether you are a Christian already or considering becoming one.

Jayden Pan
Year 11