Writing

Well, it has been a total of 5 weeks since I have started on this journey known as full time youth ministry. My mother would argue with me and say that I have been doing youth ministry for years now, and to some extent she may be right. However, until the 14th of June, 2009, I have never been paid for it...at least in monetary value.

I have been sitting here for the last 15 minutes listening to some music (Idina Menzel - Just a calming and soothing voice) trying to figure out what I want to write about. I hate times like this. My heart for some reason wants to write something, but my mind just can't push the words out. I feel as though my heart is full of amazing ideas and thoughts (interesting concept; the heart having thoughts...) but I am conflicted. So I figured I would just start writing things down, and figured something would come out.

It is hard to believe that it has been 5 weeks. God has blessed me with some great students. Not to mention, there are some amazing people that work here with me at the church. They are very encouraging and thoughtful.

Last week was the best week so far. I got to go to U.M.A.R.M.Y. It was an interesting experience. Having never been to a U.M.A.R.M.Y. I wasn't sure what to expect. God was definitely present there during the week. I will be honest, I was somewhat frustrated with some of the logistics, as well as I wasn't on a work team, but I know that I was right where I was supposed to be for the week. I worked on program staff and we got to go to all the job sites and see the kids in action. As far as I'm concerned that is one of the best jobs in camp.

We get to plan how worship will look as well as just hang out with the kids. That was the major focus for me this week. It was so awesome to be able to spend some time with my guys and girls. I learned so much about ministry this last week. (I know mom..."I told you so.")

Ministry is so much more about relationships than anything else. If you think about it, that is what God wants with us; a relationship. He doesn't care about how much we do or don't know. I think the most amazing thing about God is He is so mysterious and wonderful. He has everything under control and just wants us to Love Him and Love each other. It's so simple and yet God is so complicated. So much so, it hurts to think about it sometimes. Other times it's just plain funny.

God amazes me with His ability to take a situation and make it something that we can learn from. Not to mention if we just let go of our pride and our selfishness things just so happen to work themselves out. Now, that doesn't mean it's all up to chance. What I mean by that is God just wants to know that we are fully invested in our relationship with Him.

So the point I am trying to convey is that God is FANTASTIC! Better yet....GOD IS!

Just remember that I love you because God loves me. With out God, there is no love, and without Love there is no life.

IN CHRIST!

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