Stonemen's Trail

Hey everyone, hope you're enjoying the year as it is...ups and downs aside. It's nice out... I wanted to stop by and say that the youth lesson on heroes and internal struggles went well and that the Spiderman 3 movie was awesome. (^_^) It is great, getting all these chances to speak and plan. This is the kind of stuff I love...well...more the writing and planning than the speaking, but it's all good. One thing I have to appreciate (aside from the opportunity) is the comfort I receive each time this happens. Making it easier and easier to do each time. It is a praise and a thanks to our God for building up his servants. I'm honored and joyful.

So, complaints and other thoughts this round would be that I would like more time to speak. This might seem a good thing to bring up to the group and or fight for, but I doubt it is the right thing to do. If I'm getting the correct picture of things youth group is not designed for deeper things, it is for fellowship mostly. It is a place that the kids are safe and welcome as well as instructed, but that instruction is on a smaller scale than a Bible study or a Sunday school lesson which would be more my style. I love talking to them, but their is so much to say that, let's be honest, 15 minutes is just not enough to make a dent.

Also, I'm a little down as well because the week long beach trip is cancelled. I'm not upset because I can't go to the beach, I'm not even upset because the kids will miss out on the beach trip. Instead I'm upset because that was a guaranteed time with 6 kids several days in a row to approach heavier and more impacting topics than heroes and the struggle of good and evil. Not that those are light topics to kids, but yea...disappointed.

Anyway, not going to rant forever about the speck in my eye when the plank is gone. Just wanted to stop and give an update. God Bless.