survival
Posted by: stuartdelony in Blogroll, culture, general, kids, scared, youth, youth ministry, youth work 
Do we ever truly escape High School? For some reason, it’s such an awkward, yet influential time in our lives. It’s one that really scars and embeds itself upon us. So why do those 4 years hold such weight upon us?
When I think back and look at who I was, I’m amazed at who I have become. I used to look at that teenage boy with such horrible disdain. But over the years I’ve begun to realized I was just a kid trying to get by the best way I could.
I see that in the kids I work with. They’re just trying to get by, to survive.
So when you see teenagers on the street, with their piercings and baggy pants. Don’t scoff at them, just realize that they’re trying to survive the best way they know. And also remember that behind the exterior was the same scared soul that you were years back.
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It’s amazing how critical those four years are in someone’s life. I heard a definition of the word crisis once as “a dangerous opportunity,” which seems to be were everyone in school is at. Four years of crisis, there are opportunities, but with those opportunities there also comes an element of danger.
It’s great you work with the high school kids at your church. They need people in their lives to be there for them, to be involved in their lives and to care.
I’ve been considering getting involved in the middle school ministry at my church. I haven’t been a youth worker for about two years, and I miss it. I’m sure it always blessed me more than I was able to bless them.
~Kelsey
I would challenge anyone who reads this post to say a prayer for each teenager that you see to day.
Ya know i wish you could talk to my mom bout that cause maybe then she would start to understand stuff =[