We'll celebrate what You are doing
And everything You've done
Ministry has been tough recently. Due to all the snow we’ve been getting (all on weekends), I haven’t had a normal youth night since before Christmas. There have been two events held by others that I was just going to bring teens to. The first one, I only had 4 kids come, and the day before the event, that number was 1. The other event was supposed to be tonight. It went from 1, to possibly 3, to 0. Also due to the snow, I haven’t had a Confirmation meeting since before Christmas. It’s just hard right now to think I’m doing anything good because no one is coming to anything. When really, that’s not totally true. People are coming to my usual youth nights, people have been coming to Confirmation classes.
It’s just that I recently passed my 1.5 year mark of being here at the Parishes. It got me thinking about what has happened here since I came and if anything good has actually happened. With the current lack of kids, my brain wants to tell me that, no, I haven’t done anything good. Numbers suck just like they did when I began. God’s just sending me a friendly reminder that it’s not true. Things have happened, amazing things. Amazing things will continue to happen. The snow will go away, I will again be able to have classes and youth group. The group will continue to grow and things will be amazing. All cause God’s doing all sorts of stuff - just like He has been doing for the past 1.5 years.
Tonight my prayer is for the new official start of the semester on Sunday. I pray that I will be able to reach out to the kids that show up. I pray that God might use me to really get the message of the night across. I pray that this message will affect the teens in such a powerful way. I pray that God will never stop doing stuff in me and through me.
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God is working through you. I know it. And most effective of all your work? Your prayers for those teens and families you work with. Look at those notes on your fridge, Katie, and remember it's not all about numbers. And trust in Him. Trust He is working through you in everything you do--from the tiring paperwork to the canceled youth nights--it's all for His glory.
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