Tonight was classic Christmas movie night at my house. I invited the youth to come over if they wanted to watch movies like White Christmas and Miracle On 34th Street. I had a list of movies we could watch and planned to watch White Christmas and one other one. Key word in that sentence being "planned". I had warned them all that we were watching classics and that our regular movie night is this Friday. They must have missed that part.
Luckily, I've seen White Christmas enough to know what was happening even when it was too loud in the room to hear! They really weren't interested in movies at all. And, for awhile I was kind of disappointed since I love the classics. But, looking back, there are so many things teens could be doing on their first day of Christmas break and they chose to hang out at their youth leaders house with their youth group. So, how could I be disappointed in that? There was a lot of laughter, a lot of silliness, and just random chatter. They weren't even on computers! They were just spending time with friends.
So, maybe tonight didn't go as I planned. Maybe I didn't get to share my classic movies with them. But, maybe they got a lot more out of just spending time with friends, coming over and knowing there is a safe place where they can come and have some good clean fun. That reminds me once again that God has given me a precious gift by being a youth leader for some amazing teens. And, God has also given me a great responsibility by being a youth leader for some amazing teens.
So, where was God today? He was here after things all settled down helping me realize that tonight was a great night- with or without White Christmas! And, He is in each one of those teens who made the decision to come hang out here rather than somewhere else tonight.
Proverbs 18:24 The Message (MSG)
24 Friends come and friends go,
but a true friend sticks by you like family.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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