Day 1 of the famine proved to be a typical famine schedule. After hours and hours spent planning, the schedule changed several times. Several things took longer than usual and so I had to skip several things.
Last year was pretty packed and pretty intense. A little too intense for some of them they said. So, this year I put a little more downtime and some more creative things-like prayer art. I was hoping that would be a good time for the creative ones to praise God in their ownway. Later on, I asked them to go outside in the dark and pray alone. I expected them to have a hard time with that and to be half asleep shortly after we got out there. ! I was wrong! instead, they really spent that time connecting with God and each other. What I had intended to be the opening to a talk on the garden of gethsemene became a time that changed the mood and direction for most of my youth. It was then that I realized they didn'twant the wwatered down famine, they wanted it to be a time of challenge and intensity.
Luckily, I have a whole week ahead of me to give them just that.
They ended the evening with candle time and their were several hurting. They were able to take their hurt to God.
Some did the prayer stations and I could tell they took it seriously. It surprised me what they wrote at each station-that they were able to express themselves.
There was a girl who came up to me towards the end of the night and stated that she knew why God wanted her there. Another found out while there that her grandpa is very sick. She clung to others in the group while she wept
Tonight, connections were formed, strengthened, and God became a bigger part of them.
So where was God today? He was there to help me see that my youth want to be challenged and grow.
Blessings,
Jennifer
Last year was pretty packed and pretty intense. A little too intense for some of them they said. So, this year I put a little more downtime and some more creative things-like prayer art. I was hoping that would be a good time for the creative ones to praise God in their ownway. Later on, I asked them to go outside in the dark and pray alone. I expected them to have a hard time with that and to be half asleep shortly after we got out there. ! I was wrong! instead, they really spent that time connecting with God and each other. What I had intended to be the opening to a talk on the garden of gethsemene became a time that changed the mood and direction for most of my youth. It was then that I realized they didn'twant the wwatered down famine, they wanted it to be a time of challenge and intensity.
Luckily, I have a whole week ahead of me to give them just that.
They ended the evening with candle time and their were several hurting. They were able to take their hurt to God.
Some did the prayer stations and I could tell they took it seriously. It surprised me what they wrote at each station-that they were able to express themselves.
There was a girl who came up to me towards the end of the night and stated that she knew why God wanted her there. Another found out while there that her grandpa is very sick. She clung to others in the group while she wept
Tonight, connections were formed, strengthened, and God became a bigger part of them.
So where was God today? He was there to help me see that my youth want to be challenged and grow.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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