Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Beautiful young men

I started teaching Vacation Bible School Monday. I was a little nervous at first, but I love it. It almost makes me wish I would have majored in elementary education. I think I may like that a little more. Today is Wednesday so we had prayer meeting. I was upset bc we have a program Friday and my children really need to practice. Unfortunately, we only had 30 minutes in class bc prayer meeting starts at 6 and vcb starts at 5, but we spend 30 minutes following a 'worship guide.' I was kinda angry, but when we got to prayer meeting, it was led by the young men (high school age) of the church. I was quite impressed. They did everything-the call to worship, prayers, the scriptures, the praise reports, the testimonies, the songs, everything. It was quite moving. Seeing them made me realize that all the young men are not running the streets. Of course I already knew this, but looking at them reiterated that. They talked about leaning and depending on God, the positive male role models in the church, how far they've come since they started attending my church, how blessed they were to have their moms. I don't know if I could have done that in the 10th grade. I don't know if I could, but I know I didn't. When I went to prayer meeting in high school, when people asked me to participate all I would do is read the scriptures. I didn't have enough confidence or trust in the church to stand there and poor my heart out. It's different now, but it wasn't then. I was so pleased with those young men. I hope they continue the path they are on.
Posted by Nik :: 6/09/2004 :: 0 Comments:

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