The man moves!

After a long Sunday, the thought of finishing the day with youth group
is not the greatest. So I sit down and try to prepare and gather the
few thoughts that I have as I attempt to make something out of nothing.

Once I have gone over what we will look at, it dawns on me that i have
not prayed and asked for the guidance that I so desperately need. So I
spend the next few moments in prayer asking God that he works in these
young peoples lives today, that he gives them the confidence to trust
each other and actually say what they really think even if it goes
against Him. Now that i have prayed I feel slightly better and also
have an idea for how to finish the evening in prayer.

Well the group starts and everyone is chatting and we are having fun,
we then start the topic of the evening and everything just goes from
there. It was great they were challenging each other, they were asking
each other personal question (really getting to know each other), God
had really answered my prayer. Even at the end when I asked them to
share stuff about their families (for so many young people this is such
a raw painful subject) they all jumped at the chance. they wrote down
real issues that they were having with their families, God was really
moving!

It was an amazing evening, the kind that really infuse you to carry on
with youth work, the glimmer of hope that reminds you that God is still
in control no matter what anyone else thinks.