Today during church I started to feel a little cloudy. Shortly after that, I started seeing flashes. I got my medicine from upstairs in my office as soon as I could. But, I knew it would take awhile to kick in. I went back downstairs and sat though the rest of the service. Afterwards, I lead a youth class. We discuss the sermon from that morning. I knew I had several youth who planned on staying. I was thinking to myself that it mind end up being an interesting class because I was still pretty spacy.
On our way up to class, one of my youth came up to me and asked if he could lead the class. I see wonderful things in the heart of this boy. But, on the outside he tends to hide it by either being goofy or doing what he can to upset his 2 older sisters until they are all mad at each other. It depends on the day whether he will actually participate in the class discussion. So, I was surprised when he asked to lead it. I told him he had to lead a discussion on the days service and he said that was what he wanted to do. So, I agreed. I was grateful for a chance to sit back and let someone else lead, although I was still slightly hesitant.
Class started and I opened the discussion by introducing him and stating that the floor was his.
He began by asking everyone there to share about the scripture for the morning. Several did and he added to their thoughts with his own ideas about the scripture- how it helped him. He went on to talk about the videos that were shown and asked group questions that everyone answered. Then, we got to the sermon discussion. He had a list of questions in his head and the group discussed them all. The service went a few minutes longer today, but we were still talking when it was over.
He definitely had a lot he wanted us to discuss. He felt strongly about some of the things we talked about. We had gotten into a discussion about being thankful and how people in other countries are sometimes more grateful than we are even though we have so much more than they do. He even brought it up tonight at youth group.
I'm pretty sure if I had led the discussion today it would not have been as involved or meaningful as the discussion he led. I was grateful for him today. I was also amazed that even though this youth sometimes has a tendency to purposely drive people crazy, everyone respected that he was leading the class. There was no arguing the entire time- no siblings mad at each other!
So, where was God today? He was in this youth who felt something today and was strong enough to share it with others.
Galatians 4:18However, it’s always good to have people concerned about you with good intentions, and not just when I’m there with you.
Blessings,
Jennifer
On our way up to class, one of my youth came up to me and asked if he could lead the class. I see wonderful things in the heart of this boy. But, on the outside he tends to hide it by either being goofy or doing what he can to upset his 2 older sisters until they are all mad at each other. It depends on the day whether he will actually participate in the class discussion. So, I was surprised when he asked to lead it. I told him he had to lead a discussion on the days service and he said that was what he wanted to do. So, I agreed. I was grateful for a chance to sit back and let someone else lead, although I was still slightly hesitant.
Class started and I opened the discussion by introducing him and stating that the floor was his.
He began by asking everyone there to share about the scripture for the morning. Several did and he added to their thoughts with his own ideas about the scripture- how it helped him. He went on to talk about the videos that were shown and asked group questions that everyone answered. Then, we got to the sermon discussion. He had a list of questions in his head and the group discussed them all. The service went a few minutes longer today, but we were still talking when it was over.
He definitely had a lot he wanted us to discuss. He felt strongly about some of the things we talked about. We had gotten into a discussion about being thankful and how people in other countries are sometimes more grateful than we are even though we have so much more than they do. He even brought it up tonight at youth group.
I'm pretty sure if I had led the discussion today it would not have been as involved or meaningful as the discussion he led. I was grateful for him today. I was also amazed that even though this youth sometimes has a tendency to purposely drive people crazy, everyone respected that he was leading the class. There was no arguing the entire time- no siblings mad at each other!
So, where was God today? He was in this youth who felt something today and was strong enough to share it with others.
Galatians 4:18However, it’s always good to have people concerned about you with good intentions, and not just when I’m there with you.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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