blogging, youth group, and the living christian

So, I have been thinking (and encouraged... shout out to Stephanie!) that I for sure need to be blogging more. I am pretty sure not TOO many people read this, so why not organize my thoughts and dreams here?!?

So, tonight I helped out at youth group a bit. I cannot explain how much of a passion I have for working with these kids. I mean, I just see soo much potential, but at the same time feel like they are being so limited by the structure that we force upon them through the "youth group time."

I wish somehow we could show the kids what a LIVING CHRISTIAN is all about. It almost seems like they listen and hear, but almost don't believe that we are telling them the truth. Like they don't believe that we actually live the way we say we live. Or that we can't POSSIBLY be into the dusty old bible or the Jesus we hear about on Sunday mornings in boring sermons. Or that they believe every person who goes to church every Sunday loves and knows Jesus and their complacency during the service and beyond is a demonstration of their love for God.

Thinking back to my own youth group days, I am afraid to say I felt the same way. At first, I believed every leader was this sinless spectacle to be admired, then learned that they were not so perfect. This clouded my view of so much, including my view of God. It wasn't until college when I saw people seriously living out their faith that really drew me to Christ and changed me completely.

I want to be a living Christian for these kids to look up to. I want to show and tell them that life with Christ is about more than boring sermons or the dusty old bible. It is about a living God who fulfills me through the loneliness, heartache, depression, joy, excitement, etc.

That is all... school tomorrow. Boo. Yet yay. Cute kids. Early wake up call.