Today, I had the privilege of sitting down for a couple of hours with one of our youth leaders (what an awesome group they are - I'm so blessed) to talk about some things that he was going through. It reminded me that this is what I live for - everything else is just about creating an opportunity to enter into someone else's life, journey with them for a while, seek God together, and (hopefully) grow and move deeper in our understanding of and love for God. It's so easy to get distracted by all the other things that we who are involved in youth ministry can be distracted by - running programs, organising studies, making creative multimedia, shaping bands to lead worship. There's nothing wrong with any of those things, but if they become the master, we're on a slippery path. They all exist to allow us to spend those magic minutes (or hours) engaging the heart and soul of the people God gives us.
Man, I completely agree! When the Holy Spirit works in that relationship and that spiritual light-bulb sometimes clicks on, it's just so exciting. Keep up the great work!
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